Wrights
Wrights is a locality in Santa Clara County, California. Wrights is situated nearby to the village Summit, as well as near the locality Eva.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Thayer and Patchen Pass.
Mount Thayer
Peak
Photo: Thomson200, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Mount Thayer is situated 2½ miles northeast of Wrights.
Patchen Pass
Mountain saddle
Patchen Pass is a low mountain pass through the Santa Cruz Mountains of California, connecting the Santa Clara Valley to Santa Cruz and the Pacific coast. Patchen Pass is situated 2 miles west of Wrights.
Lake Elsman
Photo: Rcc83, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 1½ miles southeast of Wrights.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Summit and Laurel.
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.
Laurel
Hamlet
Photo: Cloudswrest, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Laurel is a ghost town in Santa Cruz County, California, United States, in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It is in a valley at an elevation of 900 feet above sea level. Laurel is situated 2 miles southwest of Wrights.
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 2 miles northwest of Wrights.
Wrights
- Type: Locality
- Category: historic site
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.13847° or 37° 8′ 19″ northLongitude
-121.94667° or 121° 56′ 48″ westOpen location code
849W43Q3+98OpenStreetMap ID
node 810657883OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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