Picnic site · California
Cottonwood Lake Group Site
Cottonwood Lake Group Site is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Buena Vista Group Site, a picnic site 0.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Santa Clara County Parks
- Access
- permit
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates37.27982, -121.80848
Named places within 25 miles
Picnic sites
- Buena Vista Group Site: 0.1 mi
- Yerba Buena Group site: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Site: 1.0 mi
- Slide Creek Cabanas: 3.8 mi
- north shoreline picnic area: 4.3 mi
Parks
- Melody Park: 0.5 mi
- Great Oaks Park: 0.8 mi
- Danna Rock Park: 1.0 mi
- Ramblewood Park: 1.1 mi
- Edenvale Gardens Regional Park: 1.3 mi
Artworks
- Bird's Eye View: 1.3 mi
- Discoveries: 2.5 mi
- Discoveries: 2.5 mi
- Discoveries: 2.5 mi
- Health Brings Peace of Heart and Happiness: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
- Historic El Camino Real: 1.4 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 1.5 mi
- J. J. Montgomery Monument - "Soaring Flight": 2.5 mi
- J. J. Montgomery Monument: 2.9 mi
- Health Brings Peace of Heart and Happiness: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 2.3 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 3.3 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 4.2 mi
- Basking Ridge Conservation Easement: 4.3 mi
- Tulare Hill Conservation Area: 4.8 mi
Attractions
- Santa Clara County Fairgrounds: 2.7 mi
- Little Dipper: 3.8 mi
- Slide Creek Falls: 3.8 mi
- Serpentine Slides: 3.9 mi
- Shotgun Falls: 3.9 mi
Peaks
- Communications Hill: 3.2 mi
- Montgomery Hill: 3.2 mi
- Tulare Hill: 5.0 mi
- Coyote Peak: 5.2 mi
- Masters Hill: 5.6 mi
Museums
- Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch: 3.8 mi
- Hellenic Heritage Museum: 3.9 mi
- History Park at Kelley Park: 3.9 mi
- Portuguese Historical Museum: 3.9 mi
- Chinese American Historical Museum: 3.9 mi
Gardens
- Lake Cunningham Native Garden: 3.8 mi
- San Jose State Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- SoFA Demonstration Garden: 5.3 mi
- Spartan Rose Garden: 5.6 mi
- Chinese Cultural Garden: 6.4 mi
Springs: 37
- Santa Teresa Springs: 3.8 mi
- Cherry Springs: 8.6 mi
- South Spring: 10.6 mi
- Willow Spring: 13.6 mi
- Congress Springs: 13.8 mi
Beaches: 22
- Del Valle West Beach: 21.5 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 21.9 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 21.9 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 21.9 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 22.0 mi
Waterfalls: 21
- Lower Falls: 13.4 mi
- Granuja Falls: 13.6 mi
- Black Rock Falls: 13.7 mi
- Basin Falls: 13.8 mi
- Upper Falls: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Graffiti Rock: 14.6 mi
- The Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 16.0 mi
- Underworld Rock: 16.4 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 22.5 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.4 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.4 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Cottonwood Lake Group Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | ENE 65° | 1,327 m | 10.8 mi |
| Observatory Peak | ENE 65° | 1,298 m | 10.1 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | ENE 65° | 1,295 m | 11.0 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | ENE 65° | 1,286 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | ENE 65° | 1,279 m | 10.1 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | ENE 65° | 1,276 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Isabel | ENE 73° | 1,275 m | 10.8 mi |
| Galileo Peak | ENE 63° | 1,273 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 64 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/6629410094
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