LCCC Picnic Area
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
LCCC Picnic Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 830 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the east-southeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Grizzly Rock, a peak 0.5 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Las Cumbres Conservation Corporation
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Grizzly Rock: 0.5 mi
- Sunnyvale Mountain: 0.6 mi
- The Peak: 0.9 mi
- Mount Bielawski: 1.8 mi
- Castle Rock: 2.2 mi
- Isacson: 1.7 mi
- San Lorenzo Headwaters Natural Preserve: 2.7 mi
- St. Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Stevens Canyon Ranch: 5.1 mi
- Worcester Park: 5.7 mi
- Youth Science Institute Sanborn: 1.9 mi
- Saratoga Historical Park: 4.1 mi
- Forbes Mill Museum: 4.9 mi
- New Museum of Los Gatos: 5.0 mi
- The San Lorenzo Valley Museum: 6.8 mi
- Cathedral Grove: 2.9 mi
- Longbridge: 2.9 mi
- Redwood Grove: 2.9 mi
- Cooley: 5.1 mi
- Meadowbrook Group Area: 5.6 mi
- William Campbell's sawmill: 3.0 mi
- Castle Rock State Park Donor Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Remains of an old cabin: 3.7 mi
- Collord's Peak: 4.5 mi
- Alma: 4.7 mi
- Saratoga Springs: 3.0 mi
- Quarry Park: 3.2 mi
- Wildwood Park: 4.0 mi
- Foothill Park: 4.6 mi
- San Marcos Open Space: 4.7 mi
- Italianate Garden: 3.4 mi
- Phelan Cacti Garden: 3.5 mi
- Hakone Gardens: 3.5 mi
- Nature Circle: 5.2 mi
- Saratoga Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Alma Culture Landscape: 4.0 mi
- Castle Rock State Park. Old Corral Day Use Area: 4.8 mi
- Castle Rock State Park. Red Mountain Day Use Area: 4.9 mi
- W.E. "Bill" Mason Carousel: 5.6 mi
- Fujitsu Planetarium: 7.9 mi
- The Cats: 4.4 mi
- The Greatest in the Kingdom: 4.9 mi
- Portals and Passages: 5.0 mi
- Praying Hands: 5.0 mi
- Eolian: 5.0 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 12.2 mi
- Waddell Beach (State Parks): 13.9 mi
- Waddell Beach (County of Santa Cruz): 13.9 mi
- Las Trancas Beach: 14.0 mi
- Greyhound Rock Beach: 14.0 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 2.4 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 6.5 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 7.9 mi
- Sempervirens Falls: 8.0 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 8.9 mi
- Congress Springs: 2.8 mi
- Travertine Springs: 4.6 mi
- Bulls Spring: 7.1 mi
- Cherry Springs: 8.6 mi
- Spring source: 9.0 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 1.9 mi
- Underworld Rock: 2.1 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 4.9 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 14.0 mi
- China Ladder: 14.1 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 10.8 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 10.8 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 17.4 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 17.8 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of LCCC Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Umunhum | ESE 109° | 1,063 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Thayer | ESE 110° | 1,061 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | NW 310° | 985 m | 1.8 mi |
| Castle Rock | NW 315° | 979 m | 2.2 mi |
| The Peak | N 349° | 917 m | 0.9 mi |
| El Sombroso | ESE 102° | 917 m | 8.9 mi |
| Lookout Tower | NW 321° | 892 m | 3.6 mi |
| Goat Rock | NW 305° | 890 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1282226437
Day trips start here
- Santa Cruz · 16 mi
- Capitola · 17 mi
- Aptos · 18 mi
- Watsonville · 26 mi
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