Laurel Park
Laurel Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 22 m. Palo Escrito Peak stands 1,352 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Santa Lucia Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 22 m
How to reach it
- 13.7 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 16 mi
- Rumsien Overlook · 18 mi
- China Lookout · 22 mi
- Granite Canyon Bridge · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Santa Lucia Park: 0.6 mi
- Laurelwood Park: 0.7 mi
- Sherwood Park: 0.7 mi
- Northgate Park: 0.7 mi
- Tatum's Garden: 0.8 mi
- Schneider Hill: 4.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 5.9 mi
- Elliot Hill: 7.2 mi
- Elliott Hill: 7.2 mi
- Leary Hill: 7.6 mi
- Giant artichoke: 6.9 mi
- Tiger (Female): 7.5 mi
- Tiger (Male): 7.5 mi
- Savanna: 7.6 mi
- Sea otters: 10.1 mi
- Fort Ord National Monument: 8.2 mi
- Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge: 8.3 mi
- Marina Dunes Natural Preserve: 8.5 mi
- Marina State Beach: 8.6 mi
- Salinas River Mouth Natural Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Boronda History Center: 1.2 mi
- National Steinbeck Center: 1.5 mi
- Steinbeck House & Restaurant: 1.6 mi
- Elkhorn Slough Reserve Visitor Center: 9.1 mi
- Shakespeare Society of America: 9.9 mi
- Marina State Beach: 8.4 mi
- North Marina: 8.4 mi
- Island Beach: 10.2 mi
- Jetty Beach: 10.6 mi
- Monterey State Beach: 12.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Battle of Natividad State Historic Landmark: 5.9 mi
- Gonzalo Rodriguez fatal crash Site: 9.4 mi
- Corkscrew at WetherTech Raceway Laguna Seca: 9.4 mi
- Ingersol Family Statue: 14.1 mi
- Madrone Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Coulter Group Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Outdoor Navy Dining Area: 14.1 mi
- Lower Day Use Area: 14.3 mi
- El Estero Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 1.7 mi
- Yorktown community garden: 6.6 mi
- Sand City Community Garden: 12.3 mi
- Memory Garden: 14.8 mi
- Sensory Garden: 14.8 mi
- Jesus Statue: 7.9 mi
- If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 9.8 mi
- Motorcycle from license plates: 11.1 mi
- Motorcycle from chains: 11.1 mi
- Mural by Hijos del Sol: 12.3 mi
- Cavalry Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Swanson Bluff: 19.9 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 21.7 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 24.8 mi
- Horseshoe Spring: 11.8 mi
- El Pajaro Springs: 14.9 mi
- Stone Spring: 19.2 mi
- Pat Springs: 23.7 mi
- Fern Falls: 17.4 mi
- Bonfante Falls: 21.1 mi
- Point Pinos Lighthouse: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Laurel Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Escrito Peak | SSE 156° | 1,352 m | 22.3 mi |
| Twin Peaks | SSW 204° | 1,088 m | 22.6 mi |
| Mount Toro | SSE 168° | 1,081 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Johnson | ESE 108° | 1,048 m | 20.0 mi |
| McPhails Peak | E 100° | 1,016 m | 16.4 mi |
| Mount Harlan | E 90° | 991 m | 14.0 mi |
| Fremont Peak | ENE 65° | 966 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Reynolds | ESE 111° | 961 m | 22.5 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, 3 mi away.
- Buckbrush43 obs
- Toro manzanita43 obs
- Sandmat Manzanita39 obs
- House Sparrow29 obs
- virgate eriastrum25 obs
- Blainville's Horned Lizard25 obs
- Brewer's Blackbird24 obs
- Garden Snail24 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/36671979
Day trips start here
- Salinas · 1 mi
- Marina · 8 mi
- Moss Landing · 10 mi
- San Juan Bautista · 12 mi
- Seaside · 12 mi
- Monterey · 15 mi
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