Sykes Hot Spring
Sykes Hot Spring is a hot spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 330 m. Chews Ridge stands 1,549 m to the east-northeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Olmstead, a peak 1.3 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 3.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 330 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 6 mi
- Sea Otter Refuge View Point · 14 mi
- Hurricane View Point · 14 mi
- Bixby Creek Bridge Viewpoint · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Olmstead: 1.3 mi
- Island Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Ventana Cone: 2.4 mi
- Lion Rock: 2.6 mi
- Timber Top: 2.6 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Day Use Area: 5.1 mi
- Cachagua Community Park: 10.2 mi
- Point Sur State Historic Park: 11.6 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse Reservation: 12.4 mi
- Carmel Valley Community Park: 16.2 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park: 4.7 mi
- The California Sea Otter State Game Refuge: 5.0 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 5.8 mi
- Andrew Molera State Park: 8.0 mi
- Ventana Wilderness: 8.8 mi
- Albino Redwood Tree: 5.8 mi
- Pelton Wheel: 6.5 mi
- Esalen Institute: 9.2 mi
- Galante Winery: 13.7 mi
- Bixby Creek Bridge: 14.4 mi
- Pine Falls: 4.2 mi
- Pfeiffer Falls: 5.1 mi
- McWay Falls: 6.5 mi
- Firehose Falls: 6.8 mi
- Tassajara Creek Falls: 7.7 mi
- Tractor: 2.8 mi
- Tin House: 5.0 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 7.7 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 11.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 2.8 mi
- Lafler Creek Spring: 3.2 mi
- Pat Springs: 8.3 mi
- Quail Spring: 9.0 mi
- Cahoon Spring: 9.1 mi
- Wreck Beach: 6.1 mi
- Pfeiffer Beach: 7.2 mi
- Gibson Beach: 22.4 mi
- Hidden Beach: 22.7 mi
- Weston Beach: 22.9 mi
- Ventana Wildlife Discovery Center: 8.8 mi
- Picard Trade Bead Museum: 19.8 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 21.4 mi
- Whalers Cabin and Whaling Station Museum: 23.1 mi
- Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Museum: 23.9 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 11.8 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 21.6 mi
- East Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Monterey Pines Group Area: 23.6 mi
- Talcot Bates Grove and Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 7.1 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 9.4 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 12.4 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 13.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Sykes Hot Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chews Ridge | ENE 59° | 1,549 m | 8.0 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | ENE 61° | 1,517 m | 3.4 mi |
| Black Butte | E 82° | 1,497 m | 8.4 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | NNW 337° | 1,477 m | 3.4 mi |
| Uncle Sam Mountain | N 352° | 1,445 m | 6.3 mi |
| Ventana Cone | NNE 17° | 1,434 m | 2.4 mi |
| Kandlbinder Peak | NW 323° | 1,418 m | 4.1 mi |
| Black Cone | ESE 115° | 1,363 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:50 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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 | 51 | 52 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 61 | 55 | 51 |
| Precip in | 9.5 | 8.6 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 9.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG SUR STN, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3735410547
Day trips start here
- Carmel Valley · 16 mi
- Carmel · 24 mi
- Carmel Point · 24 mi
- Soledad · 24 mi
- Monterey · 26 mi
- Seaside · 26 mi
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