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Leguna Seca Recreational Area

Leguna Seca Recreational Area from directly overhead

Leguna Seca Recreational Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 141 m. Uncle Sam Mountain stands 1,445 m to the south, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolf Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 6.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
141 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.57607, -121.76356

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Laguna Seca Recreational Area: 1.3 mi
  • Ryan Ranch Park: 3.3 mi
  • Kelton Park: 4.0 mi
  • Encanto Park: 4.1 mi
  • Frog Pond Wetland Preserve: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves: 53
Museums: 30
Attractions: 27
  • Monterey County Fairgrounds: 5.6 mi
  • Monterey Bay Sailing: 7.4 mi
  • Randy's Fishing Trips: 7.4 mi
  • Monterey Bay Whale Watching Center: 7.4 mi
  • Glass Bottom Boat: 7.4 mi
Beaches: 25
Historic sites: 24
Artworks: 12
Picnic sites: 11
  • East Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
  • Monterey Pines Group Area: 5.4 mi
  • Talcot Bates Grove and Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
  • Outdoor Navy Dining Area: 6.5 mi
  • El Estero Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
Gardens: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • Fern Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Pico Blanco Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Firehose Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Pine Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Highbride Falls: 20.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Pat Springs: 14.7 mi
  • Horseshoe Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Cahoon Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Stone Spring: 24.6 mi
  • El Pajaro Springs: 24.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Hot springs: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Arch: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Leguna Seca Recreational Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Uncle Sam MountainS 169°1,445 m16.5 mi
Mount CarmelS 186°1,344 m13.2 mi
Danish Creek PeakS 174°1,298 m14.7 mi
Little PinesS 172°1,266 m15.3 mi
Devils PeakS 185°1,261 m13.8 mi
Big Pines PeakS 180°1,235 m14.1 mi
Pat Springs PeakS 178°1,233 m14.8 mi
Elephant MountainSSE 165°1,200 m16.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:5019:5120:29
September equinox06:5618:3119:05
December solstice07:1616:1516:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535454555860626362605652
Precip in3.53.02.81.00.50.10.00.00.10.91.52.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monterey Peninsul AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard30 obs
  • Sun Cup24 obs
  • western blue-eyed grass22 obs
  • coast live oak21 obs
  • Footsteps of spring19 obs
  • Wild Turkey18 obs
  • black sage18 obs
  • orange bush monkeyflower18 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 node/358795221

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