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Mount Van Lone

Mount Van Lone, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Van Lone rises to 638 m in California. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the east-southeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Madrone Knoll, a peak 0.7 miles away.

About

The story

Mountain in California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49054989, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
638 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.16383, -122.01218
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions
Parks
  • Friendship Park: 1.6 mi
  • Loch Lomond City Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
  • Pageant Grounds: 4.3 mi
  • Town Plaza Park: 4.3 mi
  • Lompico Park: 4.6 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Italianate Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Phelan Cacti Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Hakone Gardens: 6.3 mi
  • Outdoor Education Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Saratoga Community Garden: 8.1 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Alma: 2.0 mi
  • Mountain Charlie Historical Marker: 2.0 mi
  • Patchen (historic): 2.6 mi
  • Laurel Tunnel South Portal: 4.0 mi
  • Glenwood: 4.1 mi
Artworks: 56
Beaches: 53
Picnic sites: 50
  • Deer Flat Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
  • LCCC Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
  • Glen Corrie Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Glen Bre Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
  • Loch View Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Castle Rock Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Ferndell: 8.2 mi
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Maple Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Gerow's Waterfall: 10.8 mi
Springs: 19
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 11
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 6.2 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 6.4 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 8.5 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 11.7 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 12.8 mi
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 14.0 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 14.7 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 15.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Mount Van Lone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaESE1,154 m9.9 mi
Crystal PeakESE1,097 m10.3 mi
Mount UmunhumE1,063 m6.2 mi
Mount ThayerE1,061 m5.1 mi
Mount ChualESE1,046 m10.3 mi
Mount BielawskiNW985 m6.1 mi
Castle RockNW979 m6.4 mi
The PeakNW917 m5.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:1916:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586267707068625449
Precip in5.04.93.41.40.50.10.00.00.00.82.04.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1835433 — Mount Van Lone, Santa Clara County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/2398112426

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