Almaden Air Force Base
Almaden Air Force Base is a military installation in Santa Clara County, California and has an elevation of 3,241 feet. Almaden Air Force Base is situated nearby to the peak Mount Umunhum, as well as near Mount Thayer.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Umunhum and Mount Thayer.
Mount Umunhum
Peak
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Mount Umunhum is a peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains, located in Santa Clara County, California. It is the fourth-highest peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains, after Loma Prieta, Crystal Peak, and Mount Chual.
Mount Thayer
Peak
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Mount Thayer is a mountain in the Santa Cruz mountain range located in Santa Clara County, California. The summit is in a section of the abandoned Almaden Air Force Station, 1.5 miles northwest of Mount Umunhum.
Lake Elsman
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Lake Elsman is a 6,200-acre-foot reservoir, created by an earthen dam called Austrian Dam on Los Gatos Creek in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Lake Elsman is situated 2½ miles southwest of Almaden Air Force Base.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Summit and Holy City.
Summit
Village
Summit is a small unincorporated community more frequently referred to by locals as the Loma Prieta Community located partially in Santa Clara County, but predominantly in Santa Cruz County, California, in the mountain ranges of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Summit is situated 3½ miles southwest of Almaden Air Force Base.
Holy City
Hamlet
Holy City is an unincorporated community in Santa Clara County, California. Once considered a Utopian community in the 1920s and 1930s, it is now considered a ghost town. Holy City is situated 4 miles west of Almaden Air Force Base.
Chemeketa Park
Hamlet
Chemeketa Park is an unincorporated community of approximately 150 homes located in Lexington Hills, in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Clara County, California, that is now effectively a rural neighborhood of Los Gatos, California. Chemeketa Park is situated 4½ miles west of Almaden Air Force Base.
Almaden Air Force Base
Latitude
37.15942° or 37° 9′ 34″ northLongitude
-121.90199° or 121° 54′ 7″ westElevation
3,241 feet (988 metres)Open location code
849W535X+Q6GeoNames ID
7267308
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