Bear Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Bear Canyon Wilderness Study Area is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 755 m. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the west-northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Cosio Knob, a peak 4.6 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 13 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- BLM
How to reach it
- 12.8 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
- 21.4 mi off the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bench · 21 mi
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 21 mi
- Breaker Point · 23 mi
- Point Sierra Nevada · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cosio Knob: 4.6 mi
- Wizard Peak: 5.2 mi
- Bear Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Pinyon Peak: 5.9 mi
- Junipero Serra Peak: 6.6 mi
- Old oak park: 8.7 mi
- Pine Meadows Park 1: 10.3 mi
- Pine Meadows Park 2: 10.3 mi
- Pine Canyon Mobile Estates Rec Area: 10.5 mi
- Royal Estates Park: 10.9 mi
- Redwood Spring: 10.4 mi
- Jackhammer Spring: 11.6 mi
- Redondo Spring: 13.0 mi
- Bane Spring: 13.3 mi
- Basket Spring: 13.8 mi
- Eagle Creek Falls: 11.2 mi
- Devil's falls: 12.3 mi
- Middle Fork Falls: 12.9 mi
- Canogas Falls: 13.6 mi
- Tassajara Creek Falls: 16.1 mi
- Old Salinas River Bridge Ruins: 11.5 mi
- Avenue of Honor: 11.6 mi
- Old Salinas River Bridge Ruins: 11.6 mi
- Old Salinas River Bridge Ruins: 11.6 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 12.7 mi
- Bear Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 9.9 mi
- Ventana Wilderness: 14.7 mi
- Silver Peak Wilderness: 16.0 mi
- Landels-Hill Big Creek Nature Reserve: 16.2 mi
- John Little State Natural Reserve: 17.9 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 11.5 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 11.5 mi
- Picnic Area B: 11.6 mi
- Picnic Area A: 11.6 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 13.1 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 12.3 mi
- Devil's Falls: 12.3 mi
- Drinking Fountain (abandoned): 12.9 mi
- Rigdon Drinking Fountain (disused): 15.9 mi
- Pacific Valley Drinking Fountain (disused): 16.5 mi
- Father Junipero Serra: 7.1 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 16.3 mi
- Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum: 11.6 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 20.9 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 12.3 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach: 15.3 mi
- The Shut-In: 21.1 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Bear Canyon Wilderness Study Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | WNW 296° | 1,784 m | 6.6 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | NW 319° | 1,602 m | 5.9 mi |
| Cone Peak | WSW 251° | 1,572 m | 10.9 mi |
| Chews Ridge | NW 315° | 1,549 m | 20.2 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | WNW 303° | 1,517 m | 21.6 mi |
| Black Butte | NW 311° | 1,497 m | 17.0 mi |
| Twin Peak | WSW 252° | 1,468 m | 11.5 mi |
| Bear Mountain | NW 316° | 1,451 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:15 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 63 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 55 | 50 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — King City, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element relation/6186500
Day trips start here
- King City · 13 mi
- Monterey County · 17 mi
- Soledad · 22 mi
- Pinnacles National Park · 27 mi
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