El Toro
El Toro is a prominent hill located along the eastern foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains in southwest Santa Clara County, California. The iconic landmark is partially owned by the city of Morgan Hill, and its silhouette is incorporated in the city logo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: EugeneZelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,289 feet
- Description: hill in the eastern foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, California
- Also known as: “Murphy’s Peak”, “Oreja del Oso”, and “Twenty-one Mile Peak”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Villa Mira Monte and Morgan Hill station.
Villa Mira Monte
Museum
Photo: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villa Mira Monte is a historic villa in Morgan Hill, California, United States, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built for Hiram Morgan Hill, founder of Morgan Hill, and his wife Diana Helen Murphy Hill, a Californio heiress.
Morgan Hill station
Railway station
Photo: Pedro Xing, CC0.
Morgan Hill station is a Caltrain station located in the downtown area of Morgan Hill, California. The station is only served during weekday peak hours, with northbound trains in the morning and southbound trains in the evening.
Oakwood School
School
Oakwood School is a private, non-sectarian college preparatory school in the south Silicon Valley community of Morgan Hill, in Santa Clara County, California.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morgan Hill and San Martin.
Morgan Hill
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Morgan Hill is a city in Santa Clara County, California, at the southern tip of Silicon Valley, in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of 45,000 in 2020, Morgan Hill is primarily an affluent residential community for Silicon Valley, as well as the seat for several high-tech companies.
San Martin
Village
Photo: Hydrargyrum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Martin or San Martín is a village and census-designated place in Santa Clara County, California, in the southern Santa Clara Valley. Located to the south of Morgan Hill and north of Gilroy, San Martin is characterized by ranches, wineries, and orchards, as well as large estates in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
El Toro
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.12053° or 37° 7′ 14″ northLongitude
-121.67332° or 121° 40′ 24″ westElevation
1,289 feet (393 metres)Open location code
849W48CG+6MOpenStreetMap ID
node 358765327OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“El Toro” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “El Toro (bukid sa Estados Unidos, California)”
- Cebuano: “El Toro”
- Dutch: “El Toro”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “El Toro”. Photo: EugeneZelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0.