Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Site
Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Site is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 76 m. Pine Mountain stands 1,093 m to the north, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Lampton Cliffs Park, a park 0.7 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 0.3 miles off. 174 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
- 22.0 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Leffingwell Landing · 2 mi
- Vista Pt · 3 mi
- Vista Pt · 7 mi
- Vista Area · 8 mi
174 named places within 25 miles
- Scott Rock: 2.1 mi
- Porta Suela: 4.8 mi
- Red Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Vulture Rock: 7.6 mi
- Rocky Butte: 8.3 mi
- Lampton Cliffs Park: 0.7 mi
- Moonstruck Lookout State Park: 1.1 mi
- Shamel Park: 1.3 mi
- Moon Stone Beach Park: 1.4 mi
- San Simeon Beach State Park: 2.7 mi
- Nit Wit Ridge: 1.2 mi
- Zebra Viewing Area: 4.4 mi
- South Shore Nacimiento Lake: 13.5 mi
- New Narrows: 13.6 mi
- Nacimiento Grizzly Bend: 13.9 mi
- Cambria Historical Museum: 1.0 mi
- Coastal Discovery Center: 8.3 mi
- Morro Bay Maritime Museum: 18.3 mi
- Morro Bay Skateboard Museum: 18.7 mi
- Morro Bay Museum of Natural History: 19.9 mi
- Moonstone Beach: 2.0 mi
- William Randolph Hearst Memorial Beach: 8.3 mi
- Cayucos State Beach: 12.8 mi
- Morro Strand State Beach: 15.4 mi
- Morro Rock Beach: 17.8 mi
- Hearst Castle: 10.2 mi
- Morro Rock California Registered Historical Landmark: 17.9 mi
- Nuestra Senora de Esperanza Landing historical marker: 18.0 mi
- Landing of the First Filipinos: 18.1 mi
- MB: 18.2 mi
- Three Troughs Falls: 9.0 mi
- Islay Falls: 23.3 mi
- Salmon Creek Falls: 23.5 mi
- Upper Salmon Creek Falls: 23.9 mi
- Manning Falls: 24.2 mi
- Sculptures of the Goddess Sekhmet: 10.1 mi
- The Fishermen's Family: 18.0 mi
- Ford Rear Bench: 18.4 mi
- Udderly Osos: 21.0 mi
- Portola's Sacred Expedition: 22.1 mi
- Town Spring: 10.0 mi
- School Spring: 18.0 mi
- Lottie Potrero Spring: 22.0 mi
- Dutra Spring: 22.4 mi
- The Shut-In: 19.4 mi
- Sand Dunes Bluff: 21.9 mi
- Piedras Blancas Light Station: 13.3 mi
- Holloway Garden: 22.4 mi
- Bill Shepard Native Plant Garden: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mountain | N 360° | 1,093 m | 9.6 mi |
| Rocky Butte | NNE 12° | 1,043 m | 8.3 mi |
| Lion Peak | NNW 328° | 1,036 m | 24.4 mi |
| Three Peaks | NNW 330° | 974 m | 23.7 mi |
| Burnett Peak | NNW 345° | 919 m | 14.6 mi |
| Cypress Mountain | ENE 66° | 894 m | 8.5 mi |
| Vulture Rock | NNE 33° | 857 m | 7.6 mi |
| Burro Mountain | NNW 335° | 838 m | 24.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:46 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:16 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 52 | 55 | 56 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 68 | 69 | 65 | 58 | 52 |
| Precip in | 6.0 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hearst Castle, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13983860911
Day trips start here
- Central Coast · 3 mi
- Morro Bay · 18 mi
- Los Osos · 22 mi
- Atascadero · 24 mi
- Paso Robles · 25 mi
- San Miguel · 26 mi
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