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Laguna Grande Regional Park

Laguna Grande Regional Park from directly overhead

Laguna Grande Regional Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Uncle Sam Mountain stands 1,445 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Trinity Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 0.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.60214, -121.85498

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Trinity Park: 0.4 mi
  • Montecito Park: 0.4 mi
  • Roberts Lake Park: 0.4 mi
  • B.J. Dolan Youth and Education Teen Center: 0.6 mi
  • Casanova Oak Knoll Park: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
  • Edward F. Ricketts State Marine Conservation Area: 2.4 mi
  • Open space: 3.0 mi
  • Lovers Point - Julia Platt State Marine Reserve: 3.2 mi
  • Huckleberry Hill Nature Preserve: 3.6 mi
  • Fort Ord Dunes State Park: 4.0 mi
Peaks
Museums: 30
Attractions: 25
  • Monterey County Fairgrounds: 0.7 mi
  • Monterey Bay Sailing: 2.0 mi
  • Randy's Fishing Trips: 2.1 mi
  • Monterey Bay Whale Watching Center: 2.1 mi
  • Monterey Whale Watching: 2.1 mi
Beaches: 24
Historic sites: 24
Artworks: 13
Picnic sites: 9
  • Outdoor Navy Dining Area: 1.3 mi
  • El Estero Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
  • Monterey Pines Group Area: 2.6 mi
  • East Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
  • Talcot Bates Grove and Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
Gardens: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • Fern Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Pico Blanco Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Firehose Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Highbride Falls: 22.5 mi
  • Pine Falls: 23.9 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 2
  • Pat Springs: 17.6 mi
  • Horseshoe Spring: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Laguna Grande Regional Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Uncle Sam MountainSSE 155°1,445 m19.8 mi
Mount CarmelSSE 166°1,344 m15.4 mi
Danish Creek PeakSSE 158°1,298 m17.7 mi
Little PinesSSE 157°1,266 m18.4 mi
Devils PeakSSE 166°1,261 m16.0 mi
Big Pines PeakSSE 162°1,235 m16.7 mi
Pat Springs PeakSSE 161°1,233 m17.5 mi
Elephant MountainSSE 152°1,200 m19.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:5019:5120:30
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1716:1616:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525354555658606162615652
Precip in4.44.03.31.50.60.20.10.10.10.91.83.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monterey, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose525 obs
  • Mallard429 obs
  • Western Gull366 obs
  • American Coot285 obs
  • Heermann's Gull279 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant239 obs
  • Pied-billed Grebe237 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay228 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/36066310

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