Portuguese Ledge State Marine Conservation Area
Portuguese Ledge State Marine Conservation Area is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Mount Carmel stands 1,344 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Pacific Grove Marine Gardens State Marine Conservation Area, a nature reserve 5.1 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 9.2 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 9.2 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 9 mi
- Rumsien Overlook · 13 mi
- China Lookout · 16 mi
- Granite Canyon Bridge · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Point Piños Lighthouse Reservation: 5.2 mi
- Esplanade Park: 5.4 mi
- Monarch Grove Sanctuary: 5.7 mi
- Perkins Park: 5.7 mi
- Pacific Grove Ball Park: 5.9 mi
- Asilomar State Beach: 5.9 mi
- North Moss Beach: 6.1 mi
- Moss Beach: 6.3 mi
- McAbee Beach: 7.2 mi
- Aeneas Beach: 7.5 mi
- 2 Huckleberry Hill: 8.3 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 8.4 mi
- Devil Hill: 10.3 mi
- Mulligan Hill: 10.4 mi
- Loma Alta: 11.0 mi
- Lover's Point Mural: 6.4 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 6.5 mi
- Otter Statue: 6.5 mi
- Santa Rosalia Statue: 8.1 mi
- Pietro Ferrante Statue: 8.1 mi
- Kissing Rock: 5.4 mi
- Asilomar Conference Grounds: 6.0 mi
- Glass Bottom Boat: 6.2 mi
- Kelp Forest: 7.0 mi
- Monterey Mirror Maze: 7.1 mi
- John Denver Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Dr. Gary A. Kildall - IEEE Milestone In Electrical Engineering And Computing: 6.1 mi
- The Christmas Tree: 6.8 mi
- John Steinbeck Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Submarine: 7.4 mi
- Pacific Grove Natural History Museum: 6.4 mi
- Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History: 6.4 mi
- Motorcycle Museum: 6.5 mi
- The Spirit of Monterey Wax Museum: 7.2 mi
- Presidio of Monterey Museum: 7.8 mi
- Veteran's Park Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- El Estero Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Outdoor Navy Dining Area: 9.0 mi
- Talcot Bates Grove and Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Monterey Pines Group Area: 11.4 mi
- Pacific Grove Community Garden: 5.8 mi
- Sensory Garden: 8.1 mi
- Memory Garden: 8.2 mi
- Our Green Thumb Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Sand City Community Garden: 9.3 mi
- Cavalry Bluff: 14.2 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 19.0 mi
- Chrystal Cliff: 19.2 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 19.5 mi
- Upper Quarry: 21.1 mi
- Dodero Spring: 19.9 mi
- Horse Trough Spring: 21.1 mi
- Crystal Springs (private): 21.5 mi
- Redwood Springs: 24.6 mi
- El Pajaro Springs: 24.9 mi
- Fern Falls: 21.2 mi
- Moose Lodge Falls: 22.7 mi
- Fairy Falls: 23.7 mi
- Maple Falls: 24.5 mi
- Ferndell: 24.7 mi
- Point Pinos Lighthouse: 5.2 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 17.6 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 18.1 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 24.8 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 24.8 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Portuguese Ledge State Marine Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel | SSE 154° | 1,344 m | 24.1 mi |
| Devils Peak | SSE 155° | 1,261 m | 24.7 mi |
| Skinner Ridge | SSE 157° | 1,113 m | 24.7 mi |
| Twin Peaks | SSE 158° | 1,088 m | 22.3 mi |
| Mount Toro | ESE 120° | 1,081 m | 23.7 mi |
| Palo Corona | SSE 161° | 906 m | 18.2 mi |
| Fish Head Hill | SSE 150° | 772 m | 23.5 mi |
| Bonifacio Hill | SSE 163° | 734 m | 24.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:52 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 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 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 61 | 56 | 52 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monterey, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element relation/7037949
Day trips start here
- Pacific Grove · 6 mi
- Monterey · 9 mi
- Marina · 10 mi
- Seaside · 10 mi
- Carmel · 11 mi
- Carmel Point · 11 mi
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