Fern Peak
Fern Peak rises to 512 m in California. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the south-southwest, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Cottle Rest Site, a picnic site 1.0 miles away.
Historically known as "Mt. Chisnantuck"
The story
Mountain in Santa Clara County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49028749, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 512 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Peaks: 1.0 mi
- Church Hill: 2.2 mi
- Mine Hill: 2.5 mi
- Mount Chual: 2.6 mi
- Crystal Peak: 3.0 mi
- New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum: 1.8 mi
- Bailey Fellows House: 3.1 mi
- Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch: 5.1 mi
- Morgan Hill Museum: 8.6 mi
- Villa Mira Monte: 8.6 mi
- Cathedral Oaks Park: 3.8 mi
- Alamitos Trail Park: 3.9 mi
- Glenview Park: 4.3 mi
- Carrabelle Park: 4.3 mi
- Singer Park: 4.3 mi
- Ohlone Woman: 5.7 mi
- Mother's Love (Dinosaurs): 7.5 mi
- Fuel Tank: 7.7 mi
- Bird's Eye View: 7.7 mi
- Bhuda: 8.5 mi
- Rebel Yell Haunted House: 8.3 mi
- Community & Cultural Center: 9.1 mi
- Epicenter Loma Prieta Earthquake: 9.4 mi
- Santa Clara County Fairgrounds: 10.4 mi
- Alma Culture Landscape: 10.7 mi
- Roses of Yesterday: 9.3 mi
- Morgan Hill Community Garden: 10.3 mi
- Bamboo Giant Nursery: 11.7 mi
- Ksitigarbha Garden: 11.8 mi
- Lake Cunningham Native Garden: 12.6 mi
- Chimney: 1.6 mi
- Mine Hill Rotary Furnace: 2.3 mi
- Mine Office & Maps: 2.4 mi
- Site of English Town * CCC Camp Mt. Madonna: 2.4 mi
- Concrete Vault: 2.4 mi
- Cottle Rest Site: 1.0 mi
- Fish Camp Rest Site: 1.9 mi
- Pueblo Day Use Area: 4.4 mi
- Black Oak Group Area: 4.8 mi
- Coyote Ranch: 6.2 mi
- Hacienda Entrance: 1.7 mi
- Rancho Cañada del Oro Open Space Preserve Entrance: 2.1 mi
- Casa Loma Entrance: 2.1 mi
- Rancho San Vicente Entrance: 2.9 mi
- Mockingbird Hill Entrance: 3.2 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 5.1 mi
- Cherry Springs: 6.1 mi
- Sulpher Springs: 6.3 mi
- Badger Spring: 7.7 mi
- Olive Springs: 8.8 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 13.7 mi
- Rio Del Mar Beach: 13.9 mi
- Beer Can Beach: 14.3 mi
- Esplanade Park Beach: 14.6 mi
- Capitola Beach: 14.7 mi
- Lower Falls: 4.7 mi
- Granuja Falls: 4.8 mi
- Black Rock Falls: 4.9 mi
- Basin Falls: 5.0 mi
- Upper Falls: 5.0 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 14.4 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 16.3 mi
- Underworld Rock: 16.6 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 16.8 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 17.0 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 16.9 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 18.3 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 15.9 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Fern Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | SSW 212° | 1,154 m | 3.4 mi |
| Crystal Peak | SSW 206° | 1,097 m | 3.0 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | W 276° | 1,063 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Thayer | W 277° | 1,061 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Chual | SSW 208° | 1,046 m | 2.6 mi |
| Cow Hill | NE 56° | 989 m | 13.6 mi |
| El Sombroso | WNW 288° | 917 m | 5.7 mi |
| The Peak | WNW 288° | 917 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:53 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:14 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 223464 — Fern Peak, Santa Clara County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358765840
Day trips start here
- Aptos · 13 mi
- Capitola · 15 mi
- Watsonville · 16 mi
- Santa Cruz · 17 mi
- Moss Landing · 24 mi
- San Juan Bautista · 26 mi
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