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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 0.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

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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: 19
Historic sites: 16
Springs: 15
  • Sulphur Pot: 6.1 mi
  • McLain Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Salsipuedes Spring #1: 12.2 mi
  • Salsipuedes Spring #2: 12.7 mi
  • McNeil Spring: 14.6 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
Beaches: 12
  • Pirates Cove: 9.1 mi
  • Avila Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Olde Port Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Olde Port Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Fisherman's Beach: 10.1 mi
Gardens: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • Reservoir Creek Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Big Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Little Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Little Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Islay Falls: 11.6 mi
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
Cliffs: 4
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 2ENE 70°1,104 m18.6 mi
Black MountainENE 69°1,089 m18.5 mi
Hi MountainESE 102°969 m13.7 mi
Lopez MountainE 89°869 m4.7 mi
Hi Mountain PotreroE 100°865 m13.3 mi
Bald MountainESE 115°855 m9.9 mi
Gay MountainE 98°850 m5.6 mi
Tassajera PeakNNW 338°836 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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