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Asilomar State Marine Reserve

Asilomar State Marine Reserve from directly overhead

Asilomar State Marine Reserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Uncle Sam Mountain stands 1,445 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Asilomar State Beach, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 4.1 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.62848, -121.94748

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Beaches: 56
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 3
Springs: 1
Natural arches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Asilomar State Marine Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Uncle Sam MountainSE 146°1,445 m24.0 mi
Mount CarmelSSE 152°1,344 m19.0 mi
Danish Creek PeakSSE 147°1,298 m21.7 mi
Little PinesSSE 147°1,266 m22.5 mi
Devils PeakSSE 153°1,261 m19.6 mi
Big Pines PeakSSE 150°1,235 m20.5 mi
Pat Springs PeakSSE 149°1,233 m21.3 mi
Elephant MountainSE 143°1,200 m24.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:5019:5220:30
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1716:1616:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525354555658606162615652
Precip in4.44.03.31.50.60.20.10.10.10.91.83.6

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/7036851

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