The California Sea Otter State Game Refuge
The California Sea Otter State Game Refuge is a nature reserve in California, at a recorded elevation of 108 m. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Tin House, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 108 m
How to reach it
- On the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 1 mi
- Bench · 2 mi
- Sea Otter Refuge View Point · 17 mi
- Hurricane View Point · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Saddle Rock: 2.1 mi
- Michaels Hill: 2.3 mi
- Boronda Ridge: 2.6 mi
- Timber Top: 2.7 mi
- Anderson Peak: 3.2 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 1.8 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 1.8 mi
- Big Creek State Marine Conservation Area: 5.5 mi
- John Little State Natural Reserve: 5.6 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park: 6.5 mi
- McWay Falls: 2.2 mi
- Pfeiffer Falls: 7.0 mi
- Tassajara Creek Falls: 8.9 mi
- Pine Falls: 8.9 mi
- Highbride Falls: 9.7 mi
- Lafler Creek Spring: 2.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 2.5 mi
- Hot Spring: 9.2 mi
- Redondo Spring: 9.6 mi
- Quail Spring: 10.2 mi
- Pelton Wheel: 2.2 mi
- Esalen Institute: 5.2 mi
- Albino Redwood Tree: 7.6 mi
- Rigdon Drinking Fountain (disused): 10.6 mi
- Devil's Falls: 11.5 mi
- Tin House: 1.1 mi
- Tractor: 3.4 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 8.9 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 12.2 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Day Use Area: 6.7 mi
- Point Sur State Historic Park: 13.8 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse Reservation: 14.2 mi
- Cachagua Community Park: 15.2 mi
- Carmel Valley Community Park: 21.0 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 12.9 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 17.9 mi
- Sand Dollar Picnic Area and Beach: 22.1 mi
- Willow Creek Picnic Ground: 23.9 mi
- Wreck Beach: 6.6 mi
- Pfeiffer Beach: 7.7 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach: 21.9 mi
- Ventana Wildlife Discovery Center: 10.8 mi
- Picard Trade Bead Museum: 24.4 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 24.7 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 5.0 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 7.7 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 9.4 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 14.2 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 14.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of The California Sea Otter State Game Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | E 99° | 1,784 m | 15.9 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | E 92° | 1,602 m | 17.8 mi |
| Cone Peak | SE 128° | 1,572 m | 14.4 mi |
| Chews Ridge | NE 39° | 1,549 m | 11.7 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | NNE 28° | 1,517 m | 7.5 mi |
| Black Butte | NE 56° | 1,497 m | 10.7 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | N 354° | 1,477 m | 8.1 mi |
| Twin Peak | SE 129° | 1,468 m | 13.9 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 | 19:50 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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, 6 mi away.
- California fuchsia83 obs
- western columbine75 obs
- Southern Pacific Banana Slug68 obs
- Redwood Sorrel63 obs
- orange bush monkeyflower59 obs
- black sage49 obs
- Pride of Madeira47 obs
- thimbleberry46 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/358802283
Day trips start here
- Carmel Valley · 21 mi
- Soledad · 27 mi
- Carmel · 28 mi
- Carmel Point · 28 mi
- Monterey County · 30 mi
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