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Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club Tower Commemoration

Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club Tower Commemoration from directly overhead

Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club Tower Commemoration is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 97 m. Chiches 2 stands 1,104 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Dexter Lawn, a park 0.1 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 0.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.30050, -120.66194

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dexter Lawn: 0.1 mi
  • Centennial Lawn: 0.1 mi
  • O'Neill Green: 0.2 mi
  • North Mountain Lawn: 0.3 mi
  • Leaning Pine Arboretum: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Museums: 26
Attractions: 18
  • The P: 0.6 mi
  • Cal Poly Architecture Graveyard: 1.2 mi
  • Bubblegum Alley: 1.5 mi
  • Sperm Whale Jaw: 10.8 mi
  • Sea Otter Nursery: 11.9 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • The Bent of The Tau Beta Pi Association - CA Mu Chapter: 0.2 mi
  • Historic El Camino Real: 1.0 mi
  • Motel Inn: 1.0 mi
  • Cerro San Luis Obispo Lemon Grove: 1.4 mi
  • Old Town Historic District: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves: 14
  • Cerro San Luis Natural Reserve: 1.6 mi
  • Reservoir Canyon Natural Reserve: 2.4 mi
  • Johnson Ranch Open Space: 5.4 mi
  • Los Osos Oaks State Natural Reserve: 8.6 mi
  • El Moro Elfin Forest Preserve: 9.7 mi
Artworks: 13
Springs: 13
  • Sulphur Pot: 6.1 mi
  • McLain Spring: 7.7 mi
  • McNeil Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Balloon Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Fox Spring: 18.5 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Pirates Cove: 9.1 mi
  • Avila Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Olde Port Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Fisherman's Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Morro Dunes Natural Preserve: 11.7 mi
Gardens: 7
Picnic sites: 6
  • Road Runner Picnic Site: 3.8 mi
  • Rockrose: 11.7 mi
  • Willow Bluff: 11.7 mi
  • Meadow View: 11.8 mi
  • Holloway Garden: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Reservoir Creek Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Big Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Little Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Islay Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Storybrook Falls: 21.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Smugglers Cave: 9.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Franklin Hot Springs: 19.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club Tower Commemoration. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chiches 2ENE1,104 m18.6 mi
Black MountainENE1,089 m18.5 mi
Hi MountainESE969 m13.7 mi
Lopez MountainE869 m4.7 mi
Hi Mountain PotreroE865 m13.3 mi
Bald MountainESE855 m9.9 mi
Gay MountainE850 m5.6 mi
Tassajera PeakNNW836 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4119:15
June solstice05:4919:4420:21
September equinox06:5118:2719:01
December solstice07:0816:1516:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545557586164666767655954
Precip in5.14.93.91.40.50.10.10.00.10.82.03.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Luis Obispo Poly, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8723030329

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