Hilltown Ferry State Historic Landmark
Hilltown Ferry State Historic Landmark is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Uncle Sam Mountain stands 1,445 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Spreckels Memorial Park, a park 1.8 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 10 m
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 14 mi
- Rumsien Overlook · 15 mi
- China Lookout · 18 mi
- Granite Canyon Bridge · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Spreckels Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
- Kelton Park: 2.2 mi
- Woodside Park: 2.3 mi
- Clarmont Manor Park: 2.4 mi
- Mission Park: 2.5 mi
- Eagle Peak: 3.8 mi
- Elliot Hill: 3.9 mi
- Elliott Hill: 4.2 mi
- Ollason Peak: 4.4 mi
- Leary Hill: 4.4 mi
- Fort Ord National Monument: 4.4 mi
- Open space: 7.2 mi
- Fort Ord Dunes State Park: 8.3 mi
- Marina Dunes Natural Preserve: 8.4 mi
- Marina State Beach: 8.4 mi
- Steinbeck House & Restaurant: 3.4 mi
- National Steinbeck Center: 3.5 mi
- Boronda History Center: 4.9 mi
- Picard Trade Bead Museum: 10.4 mi
- Monterey Museum of Art - La Mirada: 11.9 mi
- Tiger (Female): 3.9 mi
- Tiger (Male): 3.9 mi
- Savanna: 4.0 mi
- Giant artichoke: 10.0 mi
- Monterey County Fairgrounds: 10.5 mi
- Gonzalo Rodriguez fatal crash Site: 5.0 mi
- Corkscrew at WetherTech Raceway Laguna Seca: 5.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Battle of Natividad State Historic Landmark: 10.7 mi
- Ingersol Family Statue: 11.2 mi
- Marina State Beach: 8.6 mi
- North Marina: 8.7 mi
- Monterey State Beach: 9.5 mi
- Monterey State Beach: 10.3 mi
- Del Monte Beach: 10.9 mi
- Jesus Statue: 7.4 mi
- Mural by Hijos del Sol: 9.1 mi
- The Fisherman: 11.9 mi
- Pietro Ferrante Statue: 12.0 mi
- Santa Rosalia Statue: 12.0 mi
- East Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Monterey Pines Group Area: 11.0 mi
- Outdoor Navy Dining Area: 11.2 mi
- El Estero Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Talcot Bates Grove and Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 3.2 mi
- Yorktown community garden: 5.4 mi
- Sand City Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- Memory Garden: 12.1 mi
- Sensory Garden: 12.1 mi
- Horseshoe Spring: 14.6 mi
- Pat Springs: 18.8 mi
- Stone Spring: 19.7 mi
- El Pajaro Springs: 19.8 mi
- Cahoon Spring: 21.9 mi
- Fern Falls: 12.5 mi
- Pico Blanco Falls: 20.8 mi
- Firehose Falls: 21.7 mi
- Pine Falls: 22.8 mi
- Cavalry Bluff: 3.2 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 16.9 mi
- Swanson Bluff: 22.4 mi
- Point Pinos Lighthouse: 14.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Hilltown Ferry State Historic Landmark. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uncle Sam Mountain | S 184° | 1,445 m | 20.0 mi |
| Palo Escrito Peak | SSE 146° | 1,352 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Carmel | SSW 200° | 1,344 m | 17.9 mi |
| Danish Creek Peak | S 190° | 1,298 m | 18.6 mi |
| Little Pines | S 188° | 1,266 m | 19.1 mi |
| Devils Peak | SSW 199° | 1,261 m | 18.5 mi |
| Big Pines Peak | SSW 195° | 1,235 m | 18.5 mi |
| Pat Springs Peak | SSW 192° | 1,233 m | 18.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:51 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:15 | 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 | 56 | 58 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salinas #2, 2 mi away.
- coast live oak171 obs
- white fiesta flower136 obs
- black sage130 obs
- Western Fence Lizard95 obs
- Warrior's Plume89 obs
- California sagebrush87 obs
- chamise86 obs
- blue dicks85 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/358849541
Day trips start here
- Salinas · 4 mi
- Marina · 8 mi
- Seaside · 9 mi
- Carmel Valley · 11 mi
- Monterey · 12 mi
- Moss Landing · 13 mi
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