Redwood Springs
Redwood Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 146 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Redwood Canopy Tours, a attraction 0.1 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Redwood Canopy Tours: 0.1 mi
- Sequoia Aerial Adventure: 0.2 mi
- Roaring Camp: 0.7 mi
- Zip Tower and Climbing Wall: 1.8 mi
- Mini Bikes Activity Area: 1.8 mi
- Historic Center: 0.3 mi
- San Lorenzo Valley Museum, Faye G. Bellardi Gallery: 1.2 mi
- Bigfoot Museum: 1.3 mi
- Canepa: 2.2 mi
- Museum of Art & History: 5.5 mi
- Mount Hermon: 0.4 mi
- Bear Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Mount Alexander: 1.7 mi
- Eagle Dell Peak: 3.8 mi
- Madrone Hill: 3.9 mi
- Michael Gray Field Park: 0.6 mi
- Covered Bridge Equestrian Center: 1.0 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge Park: 1.0 mi
- Felton Deck: 1.1 mi
- Skypark: 1.1 mi
- A1: 0.9 mi
- A: 0.9 mi
- B: 0.9 mi
- F: 0.9 mi
- G: 0.9 mi
- Outdoor Education Garden: 1.8 mi
- Paradise Park Masonic Club Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Alan Chadwick Garden (CASFS): 3.6 mi
- Kresge Garden: 3.8 mi
- Stevenson Garden: 3.9 mi
- Limestone Kilns: 2.5 mi
- Powder Magazine: 2.5 mi
- Barrel Mill (site): 3.2 mi
- Lost Camp: 3.4 mi
- Cowell Lime Works Historic District Kilns: 3.5 mi
- Crown Fountain: 3.5 mi
- Sacrificial Goat: 3.7 mi
- Redwood Boat: 3.8 mi
- Kresge Totem Pole: 3.9 mi
- Sesnon Art Gallery: 4.0 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 1.4 mi
- Santa Cruz Main Beach: 6.4 mi
- Cowell Beach: 6.5 mi
- Seabright Beach: 6.6 mi
- Harbor Beach: 6.8 mi
- Ferndell: 0.4 mi
- Moose Lodge Falls: 2.4 mi
- Maple Falls: 8.8 mi
- Fairy Falls: 9.7 mi
- Five Finger Falls: 10.6 mi
- Old Growth Spring: 2.2 mi
- Crystal Springs (private): 3.3 mi
- Horse Trough Spring: 3.5 mi
- Dodero Spring: 4.8 mi
- Reggiardo Spring: 4.8 mi
- Upper Quarry: 3.6 mi
- Upper Quarry: 3.7 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 5.2 mi
- Chrystal Cliff: 5.5 mi
- Sand Hill Bluff: 7.5 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 1.0 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 1.0 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 6.9 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 7.0 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 7.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Redwood Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | ENE 70° | 1,154 m | 12.2 mi |
| Crystal Peak | ENE 70° | 1,097 m | 12.7 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | NE 48° | 1,063 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mount Thayer | NE 43° | 1,061 m | 10.7 mi |
| Mount Chual | ENE 69° | 1,046 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | N 350° | 985 m | 12.1 mi |
| Castle Rock | N 349° | 979 m | 12.5 mi |
| The Peak | N 355° | 917 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
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 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 63 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 50 |
| Precip in | 10.4 | 9.7 | 7.0 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 10.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BEN Lomond #4, 3 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 314 | 389 | 298 | 170 | 70.4 | 40.7 | 26.6 | 20.0 | 17.9 | 23.4 | 47.2 | 158 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge San Lorenzo R A Big Trees CA, 1 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Slender Banana Slug1,205 obs
- coast redwood904 obs
- Redwood Sorrel654 obs
- Pacific trillium450 obs
- Tanoak433 obs
- Bonny Doon manzanita350 obs
- Western Wild Ginger322 obs
- Ensatina289 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/536345296
Day trips start here
- Santa Cruz · 5 mi
- Capitola · 8 mi
- Aptos · 9 mi
- Watsonville · 18 mi
- Moss Landing · 23 mi
- Marina · 29 mi
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