Gabilan Creek Wilderness Sanctuary
Gabilan Creek Wilderness Sanctuary is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 23 m. Palo Escrito Peak stands 1,352 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Steinbeck Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 23 m
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 19 mi
- Rumsien Overlook · 20 mi
- China Lookout · 24 mi
- Granite Canyon Bridge · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Steinbeck Park: 0.2 mi
- Harden Neighborhood Park: 0.6 mi
- Creekbridge Neighborhood Park: 0.7 mi
- Nativiad Creek Park: 0.9 mi
- El Dorado Community Park: 0.9 mi
- Schneider Hill: 4.3 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 4.5 mi
- Fremont Peak: 7.3 mi
- Bluerock Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Elliot Hill: 9.1 mi
- Fort Ord National Monument: 10.0 mi
- Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge: 10.1 mi
- Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve: 10.1 mi
- Salinas River Mouth Natural Preserve: 10.6 mi
- Marina Dunes Natural Preserve: 10.6 mi
- Tiger (Female): 7.9 mi
- Tiger (Male): 7.9 mi
- Savanna: 8.0 mi
- Giant artichoke: 8.2 mi
- St. Francis Retreat: 10.2 mi
- National Steinbeck Center: 2.8 mi
- Steinbeck House & Restaurant: 3.0 mi
- Boronda History Center: 3.2 mi
- Elkhorn Slough Reserve Visitor Center: 9.7 mi
- Castro-Breen Adobe: 10.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Battle of Natividad State Historic Landmark: 4.6 mi
- Gonzalo Rodriguez fatal crash Site: 11.0 mi
- Corkscrew at WetherTech Raceway Laguna Seca: 11.1 mi
- Ingersol Family Statue: 16.1 mi
- Marina State Beach: 10.4 mi
- North Marina: 10.4 mi
- Island Beach: 11.4 mi
- Jetty Beach: 11.7 mi
- Monterey State Beach: 14.1 mi
- Madrone Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Coulter Group Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Lower Day Use Area: 12.3 mi
- Day Use Area: 12.4 mi
- Outdoor Navy Dining Area: 16.1 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 3.3 mi
- Yorktown community garden: 8.6 mi
- Sand City Community Garden: 14.3 mi
- Community Garden: 15.7 mi
- Sunnyslope Garden: 16.0 mi
- Jesus Statue: 9.9 mi
- If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 10.4 mi
- Motorcycle from license plates: 11.9 mi
- Motorcycle from chains: 11.9 mi
- Mural by Hijos del Sol: 14.3 mi
- Horseshoe Spring: 9.8 mi
- El Pajaro Springs: 14.2 mi
- Stone Spring: 17.5 mi
- Pat Springs: 24.7 mi
- Cavalry Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Swanson Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 22.4 mi
- Fern Falls: 18.6 mi
- Bonfante Falls: 20.5 mi
- Point Pinos Lighthouse: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Gabilan Creek Wilderness Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Escrito Peak | SSE 161° | 1,352 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mount Toro | S 177° | 1,081 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mount Johnson | ESE 111° | 1,048 m | 18.3 mi |
| McPhails Peak | ESE 104° | 1,016 m | 14.6 mi |
| Mount Harlan | E 93° | 991 m | 12.0 mi |
| Fremont Peak | ENE 62° | 966 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Reynolds | ESE 114° | 961 m | 20.9 mi |
| Santa Ana Mountain | ENE 59° | 931 m | 23.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:51 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
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 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salinas AP, 3 mi away.
- Toro manzanita38 obs
- Sandmat Manzanita36 obs
- Buckbrush34 obs
- Blainville's Horned Lizard33 obs
- Garden Snail26 obs
- Monterey spineflower24 obs
- fennel23 obs
- California poppy21 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 way/36797033
Day trips start here
- Salinas · 3 mi
- Marina · 10 mi
- Moss Landing · 11 mi
- San Juan Bautista · 11 mi
- Seaside · 14 mi
- Hollister · 16 mi
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