Loma Prieta
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Loma Prieta rises to 1,154 m in California. Crystal Peak stands 1,097 m to the east-northeast, 0.5 miles off.
Highest peak in Santa Cruz Mountains
The story
Loma Prieta (Spanish for "Black Hill") is the highest peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California, measuring 3,790 feet (1,160 m) in height. Although the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake was named for this mountain, the actual epicenter was five miles southwest of the peak, across the San Andreas Fault, in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park. In the 19th century, the peak was called Mount Bache, a name given in honor of Alexander Dallas Bache; the name is no longer in use. From 1955 to 2005, the mountain was the longtime site for the transmitter tower of San Jose television station KNTV. In September 2005, it moved its transmitter 83 kilometres (52 mi) northwest to San Bruno Mountain after it became the Bay Area's NBC affiliate.
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Wikidata Q371103, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,154 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Crystal Peak: 0.5 mi
- Mount Chual: 0.8 mi
- Loma Chiquita: 1.3 mi
- Knibbs Knob: 2.5 mi
- Santa Rosalia Mountain: 2.7 mi
- New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum: 4.9 mi
- Bailey Fellows House: 6.4 mi
- Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch: 8.4 mi
- Cabrillo College Gallery: 9.6 mi
- Aptos History Museum: 9.8 mi
- Guadalupe Reservoir County Park: 6.0 mi
- Cathedral Oaks Park: 6.2 mi
- Joe's Top of the Hill Memorial Park: 6.4 mi
- Enchanted Valley Community Center: 6.5 mi
- Glenview Park: 6.6 mi
- Roses of Yesterday: 7.0 mi
- Ksitigarbha Garden: 8.4 mi
- Bamboo Giant Nursery: 8.6 mi
- Tiger Lily Garden: 9.3 mi
- Outdoor Education Garden: 10.6 mi
- Chimney: 4.3 mi
- Mine Hill Rotary Furnace: 4.4 mi
- Mt. Umunhum Radar Tower: 4.5 mi
- Site of English Town * CCC Camp Mt. Madonna: 4.7 mi
- Flag Pole: 4.7 mi
- Epicenter Loma Prieta Earthquake: 6.0 mi
- Alma Culture Landscape: 10.0 mi
- Rebel Yell Haunted House: 10.1 mi
- White deer pen: 10.2 mi
- Amphitheater: 10.2 mi
- Mother's Love (Dinosaurs): 5.0 mi
- Bhuda: 7.1 mi
- Fat Bhuda: 7.1 mi
- Ohlone Woman: 7.8 mi
- Cabrillo Gallery: 9.5 mi
- Upper Uvas Creek Open Space Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Uvas Canyon County Park: 3.5 mi
- Hacienda Entrance: 4.5 mi
- Hicks/Wood Entrance: 4.6 mi
- Rancho Cañada del Oro Open Space Preserve Entrance: 4.6 mi
- Black Oak Group Area: 3.3 mi
- Cottle Rest Site: 4.4 mi
- Fish Camp Rest Site: 5.2 mi
- Porter Family Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Pueblo Day Use Area: 7.7 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 10.3 mi
- Rio Del Mar Beach: 10.6 mi
- Beer Can Beach: 11.1 mi
- Esplanade Park Beach: 11.2 mi
- Capitola Beach: 11.3 mi
- Sulpher Springs: 3.1 mi
- Badger Spring: 4.5 mi
- Olive Springs: 5.5 mi
- Cherry Springs: 6.6 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 8.4 mi
- Basin Falls: 3.1 mi
- Black Rock Falls: 3.1 mi
- Upper Falls: 3.1 mi
- Granuja Falls: 3.3 mi
- Lower Falls: 3.3 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 11.0 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Chrystal Cliff: 14.0 mi
- Upper Quarry: 14.1 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 15.8 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 13.5 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 14.9 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 13.2 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 16.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Loma Prieta. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Peak | ENE 71° | 1,097 m | 0.5 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | NW 319° | 1,063 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Thayer | NW 312° | 1,061 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Chual | NE 46° | 1,046 m | 0.8 mi |
| El Sombroso | NW 322° | 917 m | 5.9 mi |
| The Peak | WNW 301° | 917 m | 14.6 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | WNW 301° | 880 m | 14.3 mi |
| Ralph's Mountain | WNW 300° | 828 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:53 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2398112425
Day trips start here
- Aptos · 10 mi
- Capitola · 11 mi
- Santa Cruz · 14 mi
- Watsonville · 14 mi
- Moss Landing · 21 mi
- San Juan Bautista · 25 mi
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