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Loma Prieta

1,155 m3,789 ft

Prominence: 1,047 m3,435 ft
Isolation: 30 km
Tonight: 48°FClear · Wind 6–9 mph N

Loma Prieta is a 1,155 m (3,789 ft) mountain in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 1,155 m · 3,789 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Hamilton (1,327 m)
Range: Santa Cruz Mountains
Region: California, United States
Coordinates: 37.1110° N, 121.8442° W

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3D map

Loma Prieta 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Loma Prieta terrain and contours

50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Loma Prieta elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Loma Prieta weather

Tonight · Clear · 48°F (9°C) · Wind 6–9 mph N

Loma Prieta forecast for the summit, about 1,021 m.

Tonight48°–6–9 mph N
Sat51°60°–1–9 mph N
Sun50°64°–1–6 mph S
Mon47°59°1%5 mph NW
Tue47°57°–5 mph NW
Wed50°58°1%3 mph WNW
Thu49°57°20%2 mph NW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 21:51 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 8.2 × 8.2 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

10.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

40.6%

Steep, 30–45°

47.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.8%

Steeper than 30°: 48.6% of the 67 km² view
Relief in view: 917 m low point 239 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 95.4%Grassland 3.7%Shrubland 0.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.1 km, measured from the Loma Prieta summit.

Summit list 4

1Crystal Peak1,097 m 0.8 km ENE
2Mount Chual1,046 m 1.3 km NE
3Loma Chiquita794 m 2.1 km ESE
4Knibbs Knob801 m 4.0 km SE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.1 km; 784 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Cobwebby Thistle55
Bush Poppy50
California yerba santa47
Golden Yarrow44
Convergent Lady Beetle40
California Pitcher Sage36

Where it sits

Where Loma Prieta sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

San Francisco Bay Salt PondsLake49 km NNW

Loma Prieta downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGLoma Prieta satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-12.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,156 m at the summit; the official height is 1,155 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,155 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	1,156 m	+1 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	1,156 m	+1 m
Copernicus GLO-30	1,155 m	-0 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,153 m	-2 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-12)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia