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La Corona

La Corona, a peak in California
La Corona, a peak in CaliforniaArgyleist · CC BY 2.0
La Corona, a peak in California
Melissa Clark · CC BY 2.0
La Corona, a peak in California
Steve Ganz · CC BY 2.0
La Corona, a peak in California
Steve Ganz from Leesburg, VA, USA · CC BY 2.0

La Corona rises to 137 m in California. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Santa Vida RV Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 29 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49042970, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
137 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.00662, -121.99691

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Santa Vida RV Park: 0.2 mi
  • DeLaveaga Park: 0.4 mi
  • DeLaveaga Park: 1.0 mi
  • Santa Cruz Gardens Park: 1.1 mi
  • Shaffer Park (private): 1.1 mi
Picnic sites
Historic sites
  • Harvey West Historic Structure: 0.4 mi
  • Bear Enclosure: 1.0 mi
  • Branciforte: 2.0 mi
  • Santa Cruz Bicentennial Monument: 2.4 mi
  • Clock Tower: 2.6 mi
Attractions
  • Ropes Course: 0.8 mi
  • "The Lost Boys" Grandpa's House: 2.4 mi
  • Train Engine: 2.8 mi
  • Williams-Reynolds House: 2.8 mi
  • Giant Dipper: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Prospect Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Mount Massiah: 1.9 mi
  • Bolcoff Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Mount Alexander: 2.7 mi
  • Horseback Hill: 2.9 mi
Artworks
  • Great Blue Heron Walkway: 2.2 mi
  • Skyball: 2.3 mi
  • Skyball: 2.3 mi
  • Skyball: 2.3 mi
  • Skyball: 2.3 mi
Museums: 55
Gardens: 53
Beaches: 51
Waterfalls: 25
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Ferndell: 4.7 mi
  • Maple Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 8.0 mi
Springs: 16
  • Crystal Springs (private): 1.4 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 4.4 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 5.0 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Anthony's Bluff: 2.6 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 3.0 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 3.4 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 3.4 mi
  • Capitola Bluffs: 3.6 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 3.2 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 4.1 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 5.2 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of La Corona. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE 49°1,154 m11.1 mi
Crystal PeakNE 50°1,097 m11.5 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE 27°1,063 m11.9 mi
Mount ThayerNNE 21°1,061 m11.7 mi
Mount ChualNE 49°1,046 m11.9 mi
Mount BielawskiNNW 340°985 m15.9 mi
Castle RockNNW 340°979 m16.3 mi
El SombrosoNNE 22°917 m12.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:06
December solstice07:1816:1516:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525355586063646565625651
Precip in6.46.14.32.00.90.20.00.00.11.33.26.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Cruz, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358768840

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