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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

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
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
Parks
  • Santa Vida RV Park: 0.2 mi
  • DeLaveaga Park: 0.4 mi
  • Santa Cruz Gardens Park: 1.1 mi
  • Shaffer Park (private): 1.1 mi
  • Carbonera Creek Open Space: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks: 56
Museums: 55
Gardens: 53
Picnic sites: 50
Beaches: 49
Waterfalls: 23
  • 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: 11
  • Anthony's Bluff: 2.6 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 3.0 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 3.4 mi
  • Capitola Bluffs: 3.6 mi
  • Sand Hill Bluff: 8.9 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 3.2 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 4.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 5.2 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of La Corona. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE1,154 m11.1 mi
Crystal PeakNE1,097 m11.5 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE1,063 m11.9 mi
Mount ThayerNNE1,061 m11.7 mi
Mount ChualNE1,046 m11.9 mi
Mount BielawskiNNW985 m15.9 mi
Castle RockNNW979 m16.3 mi
El SombrosoNNE917 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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