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Circle Group Picnic Area

Circle Group Picnic Area from directly overhead

Circle Group Picnic Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 99 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Raintree Group Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.1 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Santa Clara County Parks
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.24311, -121.96724
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
  • Raintree Group Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
  • Lakeview Group Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
  • Lakeview Group Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
  • Lakeview Group Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
  • Pepper Tree Group Picnic Area: 0.3 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Attractions
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Peaks
Gardens
  • Saratoga Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Phelan Cacti Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Italianate Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Life Lab: 4.1 mi
  • Hakone Gardens: 4.2 mi
Beaches: 54
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 25
Cliffs: 13
  • Graffiti Rock: 6.3 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 7.0 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 7.3 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 17.6 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 17.6 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 19.6 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 20.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 20.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Circle Group Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaSE 143°1,154 m11.4 mi
Crystal PeakSE 141°1,097 m11.5 mi
Mount UmunhumSSE 147°1,063 m6.8 mi
Mount ThayerSSE 154°1,061 m6.1 mi
Mount ChualSE 139°1,046 m11.3 mi
Mount BielawskiW 259°985 m7.1 mi
Castle RockW 262°979 m7.2 mi
El SombrosoSE 145°917 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
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, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/276665539

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