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Cerro San Luis Obispo Lemon Grove

Cerro San Luis Obispo Lemon Grove from directly overhead

Cerro San Luis Obispo Lemon Grove is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 152 m. Chiches 2 stands 1,104 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cerro San Luis Natural Reserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 0.6 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in United States of America.

Wikidata Q5064985, matched on coordinates and name (624 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Inscription
... This land once belonged to Charles and Rhonda Reed of San Luis Obispo. At the dawn of the 20th Century, Army veteran William G. Chandler became caretaker to the three acre parcel, ... and a thriving lemon grove planted in the 1890s. ...
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.28250, -120.67314

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • North Broad Street Neighborhood Park: 0.3 mi
  • Charles A and Mary R Maino Open Space: 0.4 mi
  • San Luis Obispo Creek Walkway: 0.5 mi
  • Mission Plaza: 0.5 mi
  • Anholm Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks
Museums: 26
Attractions: 18
  • Bubblegum Alley: 0.6 mi
  • The P: 1.9 mi
  • Cal Poly Architecture Graveyard: 2.6 mi
  • Sperm Whale Jaw: 10.6 mi
  • Monarch Butterfly Grove: 10.8 mi
Nature reserves: 14
  • Cerro San Luis Natural Reserve: 0.2 mi
  • Reservoir Canyon Natural Reserve: 2.6 mi
  • Johnson Ranch Open Space: 4.0 mi
  • Los Osos Oaks State Natural Reserve: 8.1 mi
  • Pismo Preserve: 8.9 mi
Historic sites: 14
Artworks: 12
Springs: 12
  • Sulphur Pot: 6.8 mi
  • McLain Spring: 8.9 mi
  • McNeil Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Balloon Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Fox Spring: 19.5 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Pirates Cove: 7.7 mi
  • Avila Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Olde Port Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Fisherman's Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Morro Dunes Natural Preserve: 11.3 mi
Gardens: 7
Picnic sites: 6
  • Road Runner Picnic Site: 3.1 mi
  • Rockrose: 11.3 mi
  • Willow Bluff: 11.4 mi
  • Meadow View: 11.4 mi
  • Holloway Garden: 12.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Reservoir Creek Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Big Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Little Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Islay Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Storybrook Falls: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Smugglers Cave: 7.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Franklin Hot Springs: 21.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Cerro San Luis Obispo Lemon Grove. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chiches 2ENE1,104 m19.6 mi
Black MountainENE1,089 m19.6 mi
Hi MountainE969 m14.1 mi
Lopez MountainENE869 m5.5 mi
Hi Mountain PotreroE865 m13.8 mi
Bald MountainESE855 m10.0 mi
Gay MountainE850 m6.2 mi
Tassajera PeakNNW836 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4119:15
June solstice05:4919:4420:21
September equinox06:5118:2819:01
December solstice07:0816:1616:55

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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7370357379

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