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Cotoni-Coast Dairies Unit, California Coastal National Monument

Cotoni-Coast Dairies Unit, California Coastal National Monument from directly overhead

Cotoni-Coast Dairies Unit, California Coastal National Monument is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Coast Dairies State Park, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away.

What the record says

Built
2025-08-17

What to expect

Operated by
Bureau of Land Management
Access
Permitted

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.01697, -122.17826

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Picnic sites
  • E: 6.6 mi
  • F: 6.6 mi
  • G: 6.6 mi
  • B: 6.7 mi
  • C: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 34
Waterfalls: 24
Cliffs: 12
Ghost towns: 10
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Cotoni-Coast Dairies Unit, California Coastal National Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumENE 57°1,063 m18.3 mi
Mount ThayerNE 55°1,061 m17.5 mi
Mount BielawskiNNE 18°985 m15.0 mi
Castle RockNNE 17°979 m15.3 mi
The PeakNNE 23°917 m15.2 mi
El SombrosoNE 53°917 m18.5 mi
Lookout TowerNNE 13°892 m16.3 mi
Goat RockNNE 15°890 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4719:21
June solstice05:5019:5420:32
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:1916:1616:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356596367707069645550
Precip in10.49.77.03.31.20.20.00.00.12.25.010.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BEN Lomond #4, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element relation/7062718

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