Mount Umunhum
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Mount Umunhum rises to 1,063 m in California. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the southeast, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mt. Umunhum Radar Tower, a historic site 0.1 miles away.
The story
Mount Umunhum ( UH-mə-num) is a peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains, located in Santa Clara County, California. It is the fourth-highest peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains, after Loma Prieta, Crystal Peak, and Mount Chual. Most of the mountain is located within the Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q6924252, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1063 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mt. Umunhum Radar Tower: 0.1 mi
- Mine Hill Rotary Furnace: 3.2 mi
- April Tunnel Trestle: 3.2 mi
- English Camp School House Ruins: 3.5 mi
- Mine: 3.5 mi
- Mount Thayer: 1.1 mi
- El Sombroso: 1.4 mi
- Bald Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Ralph's Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Mine Hill: 3.2 mi
- Hicks/Wood Entrance: 2.3 mi
- McAbee Entry: 3.9 mi
- Mockingbird Hill Entrance: 4.1 mi
- Hacienda Entrance: 4.2 mi
- Santa Rosa Openspace: 4.6 mi
- Guadalupe Reservoir County Park: 2.7 mi
- Cathedral Oaks Park: 4.1 mi
- Glenview Park: 4.1 mi
- Almaden Meadows: 4.3 mi
- Copperwood Park & Community Pool: 4.5 mi
- Mother's Love (Dinosaurs): 4.2 mi
- Ohlone Woman: 4.5 mi
- Fuel Tank: 6.0 mi
- Eolian: 6.1 mi
- Portals and Passages: 6.1 mi
- New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum: 4.5 mi
- New Museum of Los Gatos: 6.1 mi
- Forbes Mill Museum: 6.2 mi
- Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch: 7.2 mi
- Bailey Fellows House: 7.4 mi
- Cottle Rest Site: 5.4 mi
- Arroyo Picnic Site: 5.6 mi
- quicksilver picnic area: 5.6 mi
- southpoint Picnic area: 5.6 mi
- Ohlone Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Alma Culture Landscape: 5.9 mi
- Rebel Yell Haunted House: 6.2 mi
- W.E. "Bill" Mason Carousel: 6.7 mi
- Epicenter Loma Prieta Earthquake: 9.0 mi
- Downtown Campbell Water Tower: 9.0 mi
- Italianate Garden: 9.3 mi
- Phelan Cacti Garden: 9.3 mi
- Outdoor Education Garden: 9.5 mi
- Saratoga Community Garden: 10.0 mi
- Hakone Gardens: 10.1 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 12.5 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 12.7 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 12.8 mi
- Esplanade Park Beach: 13.3 mi
- Capitola Beach: 13.4 mi
- Cherry Springs: 2.1 mi
- Sulpher Springs: 5.2 mi
- Badger Spring: 5.7 mi
- Olive Springs: 7.1 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 7.3 mi
- Basin Falls: 7.6 mi
- Black Rock Falls: 7.6 mi
- Upper Falls: 7.7 mi
- Maple Falls: 7.8 mi
- Lower Falls: 7.8 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 11.6 mi
- Underworld Rock: 11.9 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 12.5 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 13.2 mi
- Upper Quarry: 14.2 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 12.1 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 12.1 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 14.9 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 16.1 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 17.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Mount Umunhum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | SE 139° | 1,154 m | 4.6 mi |
| Crystal Peak | SE 133° | 1,097 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Thayer | WNW 282° | 1,061 m | 1.1 mi |
| Mount Chual | SE 129° | 1,046 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | WNW 292° | 985 m | 11.5 mi |
| Castle Rock | WNW 293° | 979 m | 11.8 mi |
| El Sombroso | NNW 333° | 917 m | 1.4 mi |
| The Peak | WNW 293° | 917 m | 10.3 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 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 236770 — Mount Umunhum, Santa Clara County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358777682
Day trips start here
- Aptos · 12 mi
- Capitola · 13 mi
- Santa Cruz · 15 mi
- Watsonville · 18 mi
- Moss Landing · 25 mi
- San Juan Bautista · 29 mi
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