Coyote Peak

Coyote Peak rises to 349 m in California. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pueblo Day Use Area, a picnic site 0.7 miles away.
The story
mountain in Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q35736277, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 349 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pueblo Day Use Area: 0.7 mi
- Picnic Site: 0.8 mi
- Coyote Ranch: 2.4 mi
- Fish Camp Rest Site: 3.0 mi
- Cottle Rest Site: 3.3 mi
- The Paseo: 0.8 mi
- Avenida Espana Park: 1.0 mi
- Los Paseos Park: 1.3 mi
- Albertson Parkway: 1.8 mi
- Metcalf Park: 1.9 mi
- Tulare Hill Conservation Area: 1.4 mi
- Tulare Hill Ecological Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Fisher Creek Conservation Easement: 1.8 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 1.9 mi
- Rancho San Vicente Entrance: 2.0 mi
- Tulare Hill: 1.4 mi
- Spreckels Hill: 2.2 mi
- Bald Peaks: 3.6 mi
- One Tree Hill: 3.9 mi
- Church Hill: 4.0 mi
- Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch: 1.7 mi
- Bailey Fellows House: 2.1 mi
- New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum: 3.2 mi
- Morgan Hill Museum: 8.3 mi
- Villa Mira Monte: 8.3 mi
- Bailey Fellows House: 2.5 mi
- Chimney: 3.9 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 4.0 mi
- Chimney: 4.0 mi
- Concrete Vault: 4.0 mi
- Bird's Eye View: 4.5 mi
- Ohlone Woman: 5.2 mi
- Fuel Tank: 6.6 mi
- Discoveries: 7.3 mi
- Discoveries: 7.3 mi
- Rebel Yell Haunted House: 7.4 mi
- Santa Clara County Fairgrounds: 7.5 mi
- Little Dipper: 9.0 mi
- Slide Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
- Community & Cultural Center: 9.0 mi
- Lake Cunningham Native Garden: 8.8 mi
- Rose Garden: 9.5 mi
- SoFA Demonstration Garden: 10.2 mi
- San Jose State Community Garden: 10.3 mi
- Morgan Hill Community Garden: 10.4 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 1.6 mi
- Cherry Springs: 7.7 mi
- Sulpher Springs: 10.6 mi
- Willow Spring: 11.6 mi
- Badger Spring: 11.8 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 18.1 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 18.1 mi
- Rio Del Mar Beach: 18.2 mi
- Beer Can Beach: 18.6 mi
- Esplanade Park Beach: 19.0 mi
- Lower Falls: 8.6 mi
- Granuja Falls: 8.7 mi
- Black Rock Falls: 8.9 mi
- Basin Falls: 9.0 mi
- Upper Falls: 9.0 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 17.0 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 17.4 mi
- Underworld Rock: 17.8 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 18.8 mi
- The Bluff: 20.5 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 19.6 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 19.6 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 21.2 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 22.5 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Coyote Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | NE 40° | 1,327 m | 12.5 mi |
| Observatory Peak | NE 39° | 1,298 m | 11.7 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | NE 41° | 1,295 m | 12.5 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | NE 39° | 1,286 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | NE 38° | 1,279 m | 11.7 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | NE 39° | 1,276 m | 11.8 mi |
| Mount Isabel | NE 46° | 1,275 m | 11.8 mi |
| Galileo Peak | NE 38° | 1,273 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:53 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 54 | 49 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358764248
Day trips start here
- Aptos · 17 mi
- Capitola · 19 mi
- Watsonville · 20 mi
- Santa Cruz · 21 mi
- Moss Landing · 28 mi
- San Juan Bautista · 28 mi
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