Golden Falls
Golden Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 235 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- No
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sandy Point Lookout: 1.0 mi
- stone fireplace: 2.8 mi
- Johansen Mill Site: 3.0 mi
- Big Creek Powerhouse (site): 7.3 mi
- Page Mill Site: 7.3 mi
- West Waddell Creek State Wilderness: 1.2 mi
- Butano State Park: 2.7 mi
- Pescadero Creek County Park: 5.3 mi
- Theodore J. Hoover Natural Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Pigeon Point County Park: 6.3 mi
- Chalk Mountain: 1.6 mi
- McAbee Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Ocean View Summit: 2.3 mi
- Mount Shelby: 2.8 mi
- Pine Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Stone Head: 2.6 mi
- Praying Hands: 8.4 mi
- The Greatest in the Kingdom: 8.5 mi
- Old Barn: 12.7 mi
- Dialogue: 12.8 mi
- Cove Beach: 4.7 mi
- Whitehouse Creek Beach: 4.7 mi
- Bight Beach: 5.4 mi
- Waddell Beach (State Parks): 5.7 mi
- Waddell Beach (County of Santa Cruz): 5.8 mi
- Rancho del Oso Nature and History Center: 5.6 mi
- Oil Storage Building: 6.7 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 6.7 mi
- The San Lorenzo Valley Museum: 9.3 mi
- David C. Daniels Nature Center: 10.5 mi
- Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park: 6.8 mi
- The Cone Cult: 7.1 mi
- Coyote Bowl: 7.4 mi
- Garrahan Park: 7.8 mi
- Forest Swimming Pool: 7.8 mi
- Greyhound Rock: 6.9 mi
- Towne Trail: 8.0 mi
- Castle Rock State Park. Red Mountain Day Use Area: 9.0 mi
- Castle Rock State Park. Old Corral Day Use Area: 9.0 mi
- Sequoia Aerial Adventure: 14.7 mi
- Nature Circle: 8.5 mi
- Education Garden: 13.4 mi
- Hakone Gardens: 13.7 mi
- Italianate Garden: 14.1 mi
- Phelan Cacti Garden: 14.2 mi
- Tan Oak Day Use Area: 5.9 mi
- Madrone Day Use Area: 6.0 mi
- Choctaw Youth Camp: 8.5 mi
- LCCC Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Cathedral Grove: 12.1 mi
- Silver Falls: 0.1 mi
- Berry Creek Falls: 0.7 mi
- Slippery Falls: 1.1 mi
- Sempervirens Falls: 3.4 mi
- Scott Creek Falls: 3.8 mi
- Bulls Spring: 4.4 mi
- Travertine Springs: 8.4 mi
- Spring source: 11.1 mi
- Reggiardo Spring: 11.7 mi
- Congress Springs: 12.8 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 5.2 mi
- China Ladder: 7.7 mi
- Cal Poly Bluffs: 8.4 mi
- Underworld Rock: 10.1 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 10.5 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 20.7 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 21.1 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 14.1 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Golden Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | ENE 72° | 985 m | 10.3 mi |
| Castle Rock | ENE 70° | 979 m | 10.3 mi |
| The Peak | ENE 75° | 917 m | 11.4 mi |
| Lookout Tower | ENE 62° | 892 m | 10.1 mi |
| Goat Rock | ENE 69° | 890 m | 9.7 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | ENE 77° | 880 m | 11.5 mi |
| Summit Rock | ENE 65° | 878 m | 10.5 mi |
| Varian Peak | ENE 67° | 873 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 51 | 51 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 57 | 52 | 50 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 6.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Gregorio 2 SE, 11 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Apr — fullest in Jan, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 70.6 | 51.7 | 38.3 | 34.6 | 9.0 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 5.4 | 11.6 | 29.3 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Butano C NR Pescadero CA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/536350507
Day trips start here
- Santa Cruz · 19 mi
- Capitola · 22 mi
- Aptos · 24 mi
Take the scenic way to Golden Falls.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.