Piedras Blancas Light Station Outstanding Natural Area
Piedras Blancas Light Station Outstanding Natural Area is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Alder Peak stands 1,137 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Piedras Blancas Light Station, a lighthouse 0.1 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 0.5 miles off. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 46 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- BLM
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
- 9.5 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Seal Point · 1 mi
- Elephant Seal Vista Point · 2 mi
- Elephant Seal Viewing Area · 2 mi
- Elephant Seals Vista Point · 3 mi
99 named places within 25 miles
- Piedras Blancas: 0.2 mi
- Oak Knoll: 2.6 mi
- Yellow Hill: 4.2 mi
- Pine Slope: 5.5 mi
- Garrity Peak: 5.6 mi
- Zebra Viewing Area: 9.4 mi
- Nit Wit Ridge: 12.6 mi
- Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Site: 13.4 mi
- Nacimiento Grizzly Bend: 14.1 mi
- The Narrows: 14.2 mi
- Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve: 1.3 mi
- Piedras Blancas State Marine Conservation Area: 3.5 mi
- Cambria State Marine Conservation Area: 10.1 mi
- San Simeon Natural Preserve: 10.8 mi
- Santa Rosa Creek Natural Preserve: 12.1 mi
- Hearst San Simeon State Historic Monument: 6.1 mi
- Pa-nu Cultural Preserve: 10.1 mi
- San Simeon Beach State Park: 10.8 mi
- Moon Stone Beach Park: 12.1 mi
- Shamel Park: 12.1 mi
- School Spring: 7.9 mi
- Dutra Spring: 10.8 mi
- Lottie Potrero Spring: 12.2 mi
- Buckeye Spring: 13.0 mi
- Town Spring: 15.6 mi
- Three Troughs Falls: 7.7 mi
- Salmon Creek Falls: 11.1 mi
- Upper Salmon Creek Falls: 11.9 mi
- Manning Falls: 12.1 mi
- Jewel Falls: 14.6 mi
- William Randolph Hearst Memorial Beach: 5.6 mi
- Moonstone Beach: 11.5 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach: 20.6 mi
- Willow Creek Picnic Ground: 18.5 mi
- Sand Dollar Picnic Area and Beach: 20.4 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 24.8 mi
- Coastal Discovery Center: 5.7 mi
- Cambria Historical Museum: 13.4 mi
- Sculptures of the Goddess Sekhmet: 6.7 mi
- Father Junipero Serra: 24.2 mi
- Piedras Blancas Light Station: 0.1 mi
- Hearst Castle: 6.7 mi
- The Shut-In: 13.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Piedras Blancas Light Station Outstanding Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alder Peak | NNW 343° | 1,137 m | 15.8 mi |
| Slick Rock Peak | NNW 346° | 1,126 m | 22.5 mi |
| Pine Mountain | E 81° | 1,093 m | 10.9 mi |
| Silver Peak | NNW 342° | 1,073 m | 13.2 mi |
| Chalk Peak | NNW 341° | 1,070 m | 23.7 mi |
| Rocky Butte | E 89° | 1,043 m | 12.6 mi |
| Lion Peak | N 351° | 1,036 m | 13.0 mi |
| Three Peaks | N 355° | 974 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:47 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 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 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element relation/6188015
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