- Elevation, modelled
- 28 m
- Tallest summit within 17.5 miles
- Loma Prieta1,136 m · 13.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 128.3 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:32local time
- Coordinates
- 36.9829, -122.0381
Millennium Circle is a picnic site in California, at a modelled 28 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,136 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Evergreen Picnic Area, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 28 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Millennium Circle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | NE 50° | 1,136 m | 13.9 mi |
| Crystal Peak | NE 51° | 1,097 m | 14.3 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | NNE 32° | 1,063 m | 14.5 mi |
| Mount Thayer | NNE 28° | 1,061 m | 14.1 mi |
| Mount Chual | NE 50° | 1,046 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | N 350° | 985 m | 16.9 mi |
| Castle Rock | N 349° | 979 m | 17.3 mi |
| El Sombroso | NNE 27° | 917 m | 15.2 mi |
- 28.3 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Picnic sites
- Evergreen Picnic Area: 0.0 mi
- Oak Picnic Area: 0.0 mi
- Buckeye Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
- Wagner Grove: 0.1 mi
- Friendship Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
Parks
- Harvey West Park: 0.0 mi
- Kalkar Park: 0.5 mi
- Mission Plaza Park: 0.6 mi
- Westlake Park: 0.6 mi
- SCOPE Park: 0.7 mi
Attractions
- Train Engine: 0.0 mi
- Williams-Reynolds House: 0.6 mi
- "The Lost Boys" Grandpa's House: 0.9 mi
- NOAA - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: 1.6 mi
- Undertow: 1.7 mi
Peaks
- Horseback Hill: 0.1 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.1 mi
- Bolcoff Hill: 1.2 mi
- La Corona: 2.8 mi
- Mount Alexander: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
- Santa Cruz Mission (site): 0.7 mi
- Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park: 0.7 mi
- Clock Tower: 0.7 mi
- Compass Rose Plaza: 0.8 mi
- Soldiers & Sailors Statue: 0.8 mi
Artworks
- Collateral Damage: 0.7 mi
- Virgin Moon: 0.8 mi
- Cube: 0.8 mi
- Scribner, Saw Player (bronze): 0.8 mi
- Ocean Life Spiral: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Sycamore Grove: 0.8 mi
- Sycamore Grove: 0.9 mi
- Ohlone Tiger Beetle Management Area: 1.0 mi
- The Triangle: 1.3 mi
- Arroyo Seco Canyon: 1.3 mi
Gardens: 41
- Friendship Garden: 0.1 mi
- Program in Community Agroecology (PICA): 1.0 mi
- Trescony Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Stevenson Garden: 1.1 mi
- University of California Santa Cruz Arboretum: 1.2 mi
Museums: 39
Beaches: 38
- Swift Beach: 2.4 mi
- 2222 Beach: 2.4 mi
- Harbor Beach: 2.5 mi
- Twin Lakes Beach: 2.6 mi
- Younger Beach: 2.8 mi
Waterfalls: 25
- Moose Lodge Falls: 3.1 mi
- Ferndell: 4.9 mi
- Maple Falls: 9.2 mi
- Fairy Falls: 9.5 mi
- Five Finger Falls: 10.8 mi
Springs: 16
- Dodero Spring: 0.6 mi
- Horse Trough Spring: 1.3 mi
- Crystal Springs (private): 2.0 mi
- Redwood Springs: 4.8 mi
- Old Growth Spring: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 12
- Anthony's Bluff: 0.6 mi
- Chrystal Cliff: 0.7 mi
- Upper Quarry: 1.5 mi
- Upper Quarry: 1.5 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 5.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 2.6 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Day trips start here
- Santa Cruz · 1 mi
- Capitola · 5 mi
- Aptos · 7 mi
- Watsonville · 16 mi
- Moss Landing · 19 mi
- Marina · 24 mi
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