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Pacific Coast Railway

Pacific Coast Railway from directly overhead

Pacific Coast Railway is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Machesna Mountain stands 1,194 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is South County Historical Society, a museum 0.2 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
This plaque marks the location of the Pacific Coast Railway Right-of-Way as established on October 12th, 1881.
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.12523, -120.57461

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Centennial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Heritage Square Park: 0.2 mi
  • Hoosegow Park: 0.2 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 0.2 mi
  • Hart-Collett Firefighters Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
Peaks
  • Nipomo Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Picacho: 2.5 mi
  • Camp Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Nipomo Mesa: 5.7 mi
  • Schau Peak: 6.2 mi
Museums: 26
  • South County Historical Society: 0.2 mi
  • Ruby House: 0.2 mi
  • The Barn Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Santa Manuela Schoolhouse: 0.2 mi
  • Santa Manuela School Museum: 0.2 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Monarch Butterfly Grove: 3.3 mi
  • Bitter Creek Western Railroad: 3.8 mi
  • Moymell , off road vehicle recreation area: 4.2 mi
  • ATV Open Area: 4.2 mi
  • Open recreation area for off road vehicles, called open Area: 4.4 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Willow Bluff: 4.8 mi
  • Rockrose: 4.9 mi
  • Meadow View: 5.0 mi
  • Arboleda Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
  • Road Runner Picnic Site: 9.3 mi
Historic sites: 15
Springs: 15
  • Sulphur Pot: 11.8 mi
  • McNeil Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Douglas spring: 19.9 mi
  • McLain Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Pine Mountain springs: 20.5 mi
Nature reserves: 14
  • Pismo Preserve: 5.0 mi
  • Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge: 8.7 mi
  • Johnson Ranch Open Space: 9.8 mi
  • Reservoir Canyon Natural Reserve: 11.2 mi
  • Cerro San Luis Natural Reserve: 12.0 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Oceano Dunes: 3.4 mi
  • Pismo Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Pirates Cove: 8.6 mi
  • Avila Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Olde Port Beach: 10.5 mi
Artworks: 12
Gardens: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • Little Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Big Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Reservoir Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Storybrook Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Islay Falls: 19.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Smugglers Cave: 8.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Pacific Coast Railway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Machesna MountainENE1,194 m22.1 mi
Pine Ridge SummitENE981 m17.5 mi
Hi MountainNE969 m12.6 mi
Los Coches MountainESE919 m20.5 mi
Lopez MountainN869 m12.2 mi
Hi Mountain PotreroNE865 m12.8 mi
Bald MountainNNE855 m8.9 mi
Gay MountainN850 m11.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4119:14
June solstice05:4919:4320:21
September equinox06:5118:2719:01
December solstice07:0816:1616:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555557596161626363635854
Precip in3.54.03.01.00.50.20.00.00.10.81.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pismo Beach, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11447316896

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