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Castro-Breen Adobe

Castro-Breen Adobe from directly overhead

Castro-Breen Adobe is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Laveaga Peak stands 1,145 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Plaza Square, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 25 miles off.

About

The story

historic house in California, United States

Dates from 1841.

Wikidata Q6279298, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.84472, -121.53574

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Plaza Square: 0.0 mi
  • San Juan Bautista State Historic Park: 0.0 mi
  • San Juan Bautista State Historic Park: 0.1 mi
  • San Juan Bautista Historic District: 0.1 mi
  • Abbe Park: 0.2 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Attractions: 48
  • St. Francis Retreat: 2.6 mi
  • Swank Farms: 8.0 mi
  • Hollister Family Fun Park: 8.6 mi
  • Hollister Hills SVRA Upper Ranch: 8.6 mi
  • Upper Ranch Entrance: 9.7 mi
Picnic sites: 35
  • Coulter Group Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
  • Madrone Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
  • Lower Day Use Area: 8.4 mi
  • Day Use Area: 9.3 mi
  • Milias Group Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
Museums: 21
  • Old Livery Stables: 0.0 mi
  • Zanetta House: 0.1 mi
  • Old Mission Jail: 0.1 mi
  • San Benito County Historical Society: 7.2 mi
  • Matthews House: 7.4 mi
Springs: 20
  • El Pajaro Springs: 6.4 mi
  • Horseshoe Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Mistletoe Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Willson Camp Quartz Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Willson Camp Hillside Spring: 17.7 mi
Gardens: 18
  • Community Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Sunnyslope Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Garden Essential: 9.3 mi
  • Rainbow Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Camellia Garden: 12.2 mi
Historic sites: 17
Beaches: 17
Artworks: 11
  • If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 11.5 mi
  • Mural Gilroy the City of Garlic: 11.5 mi
  • Motorcycle from chains: 13.1 mi
  • Motorcycle from license plates: 13.1 mi
  • Fat Bhuda: 18.0 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Bonfante Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Triple Falls: 21.5 mi
  • Pacheco Falls: 21.7 mi
  • Granuja Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Lower Falls: 21.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Castro-Breen Adobe. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Laveaga PeakE 81°1,145 m20.0 mi
Henrietta PeakENE 76°1,095 m17.2 mi
Mount JohnsonSE 143°1,048 m20.3 mi
Cathedral PeakENE 66°1,021 m20.0 mi
McPhails PeakSE 144°1,016 m16.0 mi
Mariposa PeakENE 66°1,001 m19.5 mi
Mount HarlanSE 145°991 m12.5 mi
Antimony PeakENE 70°990 m17.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4419:18
June solstice05:4819:5120:29
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:1616:1416:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495154576165676867625448
Precip in3.12.72.21.00.40.10.00.00.10.61.32.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hollister 2, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/28949805

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