Landels-Hill Big Creek Nature Reserve
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Landels-Hill Big Creek Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Puente Big Creek Bridge, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 runs past it.
How to reach it
- On the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
- 23.7 mi off the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bench · 8 mi
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 8 mi
- Breaker Point · 25 mi
- Point Sierra Nevada · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lion Peak: 3.5 mi
- Round Tree Hill: 3.9 mi
- Twin Peak: 5.2 mi
- Cone Peak: 5.9 mi
- Lost Peak: 6.9 mi
- Hot Spring: 1.1 mi
- Redondo Spring: 4.8 mi
- Redwood Spring: 8.8 mi
- Jackhammer Spring: 10.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 10.8 mi
- Canogas Falls: 2.6 mi
- Devil's falls: 3.9 mi
- Middle Fork Falls: 6.0 mi
- McWay Falls: 7.3 mi
- Eagle Creek Falls: 7.9 mi
- Big Creek State Marine Reserve: 2.2 mi
- John Little State Natural Reserve: 3.9 mi
- Big Creek State Marine Conservation Area: 4.8 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 7.8 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 8.0 mi
- Rigdon Drinking Fountain (disused): 1.1 mi
- Devil's Falls: 3.9 mi
- Esalen Institute: 4.4 mi
- Drinking Fountain (abandoned): 6.7 mi
- Pelton Wheel: 7.3 mi
- Limekilns: 5.8 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Tin House: 8.8 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 11.5 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 12.2 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Day Use Area: 16.1 mi
- Cachagua Community Park: 22.9 mi
- Point Sur State Historic Park: 23.2 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse Reservation: 23.5 mi
- Old oak park: 24.6 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 8.5 mi
- Sand Dollar Picnic Area and Beach: 12.6 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 13.3 mi
- Willow Creek Picnic Ground: 14.5 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach: 12.4 mi
- Wreck Beach: 15.9 mi
- Pfeiffer Beach: 16.9 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 0.1 mi
- Father Junipero Serra: 19.9 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 13.5 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 16.8 mi
- Ventana Wildlife Discovery Center: 20.2 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 22.2 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Landels-Hill Big Creek Nature Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | ENE 62° | 1,784 m | 11.3 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | ENE 61° | 1,602 m | 13.9 mi |
| Cone Peak | ESE 102° | 1,572 m | 5.9 mi |
| Chews Ridge | N 6° | 1,549 m | 16.7 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | N 351° | 1,517 m | 14.3 mi |
| Black Butte | NNE 13° | 1,497 m | 14.0 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | NNW 338° | 1,477 m | 17.0 mi |
| Twin Peak | ESE 103° | 1,468 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:49 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:17 | 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, 16 mi away.
- western columbine68 obs
- White Globe Lily48 obs
- Andrews' Clintonia45 obs
- orange bush monkeyflower37 obs
- Solomon's plume32 obs
- silver rock-lettuce32 obs
- Stream Orchid31 obs
- fennel31 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2619791929
Day trips start here
- King City · 28 mi
- Carmel Valley · 29 mi
- Monterey County · 29 mi
- Soledad · 29 mi
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