Laurelwood Park
Laurelwood Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 20 m. Palo Escrito Peak stands 1,352 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Rossi Rico Linear Parkway, a park 0.2 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 20 m
How to reach it
- 13.2 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 16 mi
- Rumsien Overlook · 18 mi
- China Lookout · 21 mi
- Granite Canyon Bridge · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rossi Rico Linear Parkway: 0.2 mi
- Laurel Park: 0.7 mi
- Sherwood Park: 0.7 mi
- Tatum's Garden: 0.8 mi
- Bataan Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Schneider Hill: 4.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 6.6 mi
- Elliot Hill: 6.6 mi
- Elliott Hill: 6.6 mi
- Leary Hill: 6.9 mi
- Fort Ord National Monument: 7.6 mi
- Marina Dunes Natural Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Marina State Beach: 8.3 mi
- Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge: 8.3 mi
- Salinas River Mouth Natural Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Tiger (Female): 6.9 mi
- Tiger (Male): 7.0 mi
- Savanna: 7.1 mi
- Giant artichoke: 7.1 mi
- Sea otters: 10.4 mi
- Steinbeck House & Restaurant: 0.9 mi
- National Steinbeck Center: 1.0 mi
- Boronda History Center: 1.2 mi
- Elkhorn Slough Reserve Visitor Center: 9.6 mi
- Shakespeare Society of America: 10.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Battle of Natividad State Historic Landmark: 6.6 mi
- Gonzalo Rodriguez fatal crash Site: 8.7 mi
- Corkscrew at WetherTech Raceway Laguna Seca: 8.7 mi
- Ingersol Family Statue: 13.5 mi
- Marina State Beach: 8.2 mi
- North Marina: 8.2 mi
- Island Beach: 10.5 mi
- Jetty Beach: 10.9 mi
- Monterey State Beach: 11.5 mi
- Madrone Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Coulter Group Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Outdoor Navy Dining Area: 13.5 mi
- El Estero Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- East Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 1.0 mi
- Yorktown community garden: 6.1 mi
- Sand City Community Garden: 11.7 mi
- Memory Garden: 14.2 mi
- Sensory Garden: 14.3 mi
- Jesus Statue: 7.5 mi
- If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 10.2 mi
- Motorcycle from license plates: 11.4 mi
- Motorcycle from chains: 11.5 mi
- Mural by Hijos del Sol: 11.7 mi
- Horseshoe Spring: 12.2 mi
- El Pajaro Springs: 15.6 mi
- Stone Spring: 19.3 mi
- Pat Springs: 23.0 mi
- Cavalry Bluff: 4.4 mi
- Swanson Bluff: 20.3 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 21.0 mi
- Fern Falls: 16.7 mi
- Bonfante Falls: 21.7 mi
- Point Pinos Lighthouse: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Laurelwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Escrito Peak | SSE 154° | 1,352 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Carmel | SSW 198° | 1,344 m | 22.2 mi |
| Twin Peaks | SSW 204° | 1,088 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Toro | SSE 166° | 1,081 m | 11.7 mi |
| Mount Johnson | ESE 106° | 1,048 m | 20.0 mi |
| McPhails Peak | E 98° | 1,016 m | 16.5 mi |
| Mount Harlan | E 88° | 991 m | 14.2 mi |
| Fremont Peak | ENE 62° | 966 m | 9.9 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.
- Toro manzanita46 obs
- Buckbrush45 obs
- Sandmat Manzanita42 obs
- House Sparrow30 obs
- virgate eriastrum29 obs
- Blainville's Horned Lizard26 obs
- Garden Snail26 obs
- American Crow22 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/36671942
Day trips start here
- Salinas · 1 mi
- Marina · 8 mi
- Moss Landing · 10 mi
- Seaside · 12 mi
- San Juan Bautista · 13 mi
- Monterey · 14 mi
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