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Rios-Caledonia Adobe

Rios-Caledonia Adobe from directly overhead

Rios-Caledonia Adobe is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Castle Mountain stands 1,312 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mission San Miguel Arcángel, a museum 0.5 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 23 miles off. 127 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates35.73796, -120.70005

Overlooks nearby

127 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 51
  • Chimney Rock: 6.3 mi
  • Norn Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Fair Oaks Benchmark: 8.4 mi
  • Semas Mountain: 12.1 mi
  • York Mountain: 15.2 mi
Parks: 34
  • Mission Park: 0.6 mi
  • San Miguel Community Park: 0.9 mi
  • Jazzy Town Park: 1.1 mi
  • Frontier Park: 7.0 mi
  • Barney Schwartz Park: 7.5 mi
Springs: 15
Museums: 8
Attractions: 8
  • Bee Rock: 13.8 mi
  • New Narrows: 14.2 mi
  • Oak Shores Marina: 16.3 mi
  • Christmas Cove: 18.3 mi
  • South Shore Nacimiento Lake: 19.1 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • San Marcos Mennonite Cemetary: 6.5 mi
  • James Dean Memorial: 22.6 mi
Beaches: 2
Nature reserves: 1
  • Big Sandy State Wildlife Management Area: 4.0 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Bruce Munro: Light at Sen­so­rio: 7.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Franklin Hot Springs: 10.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Bill Shepard Native Plant Garden: 17.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rios-Caledonia Adobe. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle MountainNE 55°1,312 m24.5 mi
Smith MountainNNE 14°1,188 m24.3 mi
Reason MountainNNE 32°1,141 m21.9 mi
Mine MountainNE 43°1,108 m21.9 mi
Frames PeakNNE 23°1,097 m22.4 mi
Mustang PeakNE 44°1,096 m22.9 mi
Pine MountainW 262°1,093 m22.4 mi
Andrews PeakNNE 22°1,067 m22.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4119:15
June solstice05:4819:4520:23
September equinox06:5218:2719:01
December solstice07:1016:1416:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054576369737470625347
Precip in2.72.52.40.60.30.00.10.00.10.60.92.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paso Robles Muni AP, 6 mi away.

  • House Sparrow8 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard8 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk5 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird5 obs
  • Mule Deer5 obs
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove4 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird4 obs
  • Loggerhead Shrike3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/275864716

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