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Fremont Peak State Park

Fremont Peak State Park from directly overhead

Fremont Peak State Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 851 m. Laveaga Peak stands 1,145 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Coulter Group Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 23 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
851 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.75998, -121.50173

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Fremont Peak State Park: 3.0 mi
  • Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area: Upper Ranch: 5.3 mi
  • San Juan Bautista State Historic Park: 6.1 mi
  • Plaza Square: 6.2 mi
  • Abbe Park: 6.2 mi
Attractions: 54
  • St. Francis Retreat: 4.2 mi
  • Hollister Hills SVRA Upper Ranch: 5.0 mi
  • Upper Ranch Entrance: 5.8 mi
  • Swank Farms: 10.7 mi
  • Hollister Family Fun Park: 11.8 mi
Nature reserves: 45
Museums: 30
  • Old Livery Stables: 6.1 mi
  • Zanetta House: 6.1 mi
  • Castro-Breen Adobe: 6.1 mi
  • Old Mission Jail: 6.3 mi
  • Matthews House: 8.1 mi
Picnic sites: 29
  • Coulter Group Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
  • Madrone Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
  • Lower Day Use Area: 4.9 mi
  • Day Use Area: 5.3 mi
  • Group Area 2: 10.6 mi
Historic sites: 25
Gardens: 18
  • Community Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Sunnyslope Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Memorial Rose Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Garden Essential: 15.4 mi
Artworks: 15
  • If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 14.0 mi
  • Motorcycle from license plates: 15.7 mi
  • Motorcycle from chains: 15.7 mi
  • Jesus Statue: 17.3 mi
  • Mural Gilroy the City of Garlic: 17.6 mi
Springs: 13
  • Horseshoe Spring: 3.7 mi
  • El Pajaro Springs: 12.2 mi
  • Stone Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Log Trough Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Mistletoe Spring: 22.6 mi
Beaches: 13
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Bonfante Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Fern Falls: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Fremont Peak State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Laveaga PeakENE 63°1,145 m20.1 mi
Potrero PeakENE 71°1,132 m20.6 mi
Henrietta PeakNE 56°1,095 m17.9 mi
Mount ToroSSW 200°1,081 m17.2 mi
Reinoso PeakENE 78°1,049 m20.6 mi
Mount JohnsonSE 135°1,048 m14.6 mi
Cathedral PeakNE 50°1,021 m21.5 mi
McPhails PeakSE 134°1,016 m10.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4419:18
June solstice05:4819:5020:29
September equinox06:5518:3019:04
December solstice07:1616:1416:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495154576165676867625448
Precip in3.12.72.21.00.40.10.00.00.10.61.32.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hollister 2, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pacific madrone144 obs
  • Coulter pine84 obs
  • California black oak78 obs
  • woollypod milkweed72 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard69 obs
  • valley oak69 obs
  • Silver Bush Lupine69 obs
  • Pacific hound's tongue67 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/38477586

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