Norris Rancho Marino Reserve
Norris Rancho Marino Reserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Pine Mountain stands 1,093 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is White Rock State Marine Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 1.2 miles off. 173 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
- 23.5 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Leffingwell Landing · 4 mi
- Vista Pt · 5 mi
- Vista Pt · 8 mi
- Vista Area · 9 mi
173 named places within 25 miles
- Scott Rock: 3.1 mi
- Porta Suela: 3.4 mi
- Red Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Vulture Rock: 8.4 mi
- Cypress Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Lampton Cliffs Park: 1.0 mi
- Moonstruck Lookout State Park: 2.5 mi
- Shamel Park: 2.8 mi
- Moon Stone Beach Park: 2.9 mi
- San Simeon Beach State Park: 4.2 mi
- White Rock State Marine Conservation Area: 0.4 mi
- Santa Rosa Creek Natural Preserve: 2.9 mi
- San Simeon Natural Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Cambria State Marine Conservation Area: 4.8 mi
- Harmony Headlands State Park: 5.8 mi
- Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Site: 1.5 mi
- Nit Wit Ridge: 2.6 mi
- Zebra Viewing Area: 5.9 mi
- New Narrows: 14.3 mi
- South Shore Nacimiento Lake: 14.6 mi
- Cambria Historical Museum: 2.2 mi
- Coastal Discovery Center: 9.8 mi
- Morro Bay Maritime Museum: 16.9 mi
- Morro Bay Skateboard Museum: 17.2 mi
- Morro Bay Museum of Natural History: 18.4 mi
- Moonstone Beach: 3.5 mi
- William Randolph Hearst Memorial Beach: 9.8 mi
- Cayucos State Beach: 11.5 mi
- Morro Strand State Beach: 14.0 mi
- Morro Rock Beach: 16.4 mi
- Hearst Castle: 11.7 mi
- Morro Rock California Registered Historical Landmark: 16.5 mi
- Nuestra Senora de Esperanza Landing historical marker: 16.6 mi
- Landing of the First Filipinos: 16.6 mi
- MB: 16.8 mi
- Town Spring: 10.9 mi
- School Spring: 19.5 mi
- Lottie Potrero Spring: 23.5 mi
- Dutra Spring: 24.0 mi
- McLain Spring: 24.4 mi
- Sculptures of the Goddess Sekhmet: 11.7 mi
- The Fishermen's Family: 16.6 mi
- Ford Rear Bench: 17.0 mi
- Udderly Osos: 19.6 mi
- Portola's Sacred Expedition: 20.7 mi
- Three Troughs Falls: 10.5 mi
- Islay Falls: 21.8 mi
- Sand Dunes Bluff: 20.3 mi
- The Shut-In: 20.9 mi
- Bill Shepard Native Plant Garden: 23.7 mi
- San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden: 24.2 mi
- Piedras Blancas Light Station: 14.7 mi
- Holloway Garden: 20.9 mi
- Franklin Hot Springs: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Norris Rancho Marino Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mountain | N 356° | 1,093 m | 10.9 mi |
| Rocky Butte | N 6° | 1,043 m | 9.4 mi |
| Burnett Peak | NNW 344° | 919 m | 16.1 mi |
| Cypress Mountain | NE 56° | 894 m | 8.5 mi |
| Vulture Rock | NNE 24° | 857 m | 8.4 mi |
| Tassajera Peak | ESE 114° | 836 m | 23.0 mi |
| Jones Mountain | NNW 333° | 825 m | 21.3 mi |
| Mount Mars | NW 323° | 806 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:46 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:16 | 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 | 53 | 52 | 55 | 56 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 68 | 69 | 65 | 58 | 52 |
| Precip in | 6.0 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hearst Castle, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element relation/3327821
Day trips start here
- Central Coast · 5 mi
- Morro Bay · 17 mi
- Los Osos · 21 mi
- Atascadero · 23 mi
- Paso Robles · 25 mi
- San Miguel · 26 mi
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