Roach Canyon Park
Roach Canyon Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 41 m. Uncle Sam Mountain stands 1,445 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Jacks Peak County Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 2.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 41 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Rumsien Overlook · 3 mi
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 4 mi
- China Lookout · 7 mi
- Granite Canyon Bridge · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jacks Peak County Park: 1.0 mi
- Palo Corona Regional Park - Rancho Cañada: 1.5 mi
- Deer Flats Park: 2.3 mi
- Fishermans Flats Park: 2.4 mi
- Mission Trails Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Loma Alta: 1.5 mi
- Devil Hill: 2.4 mi
- Saddle Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Greg's Hill: 2.7 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 3.9 mi
- Rancho Cañada: 1.4 mi
- Ishxenta State Park: 2.6 mi
- Carmel River Lagoon and Wetland Natural Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Carmel River State Beach: 3.4 mi
- Curtis: 3.5 mi
- Carmel River State Beach: 3.7 mi
- Carmel Beach: 3.7 mi
- Monastery Beach: 3.8 mi
- Monterey State Beach: 4.1 mi
- Del Monte Beach: 4.1 mi
- Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Museum: 3.1 mi
- The Sir Harry Downie Museum: 3.2 mi
- Center for Photographic Art: 3.3 mi
- Picard Trade Bead Museum: 3.4 mi
- Monterey Museum of Art - La Mirada: 3.7 mi
- Sunset Cultural Center: 3.3 mi
- Ingersol Family Statue: 3.6 mi
- Yadon Plaque: 4.2 mi
- Monterey Customhouse: 4.3 mi
- Old Custom House: 4.4 mi
- Monterey County Fairgrounds: 3.4 mi
- Walker House: 3.8 mi
- Chris' Fishing Trips and Whale Watching: 4.4 mi
- Randy's Fishing Trips: 4.4 mi
- Monterey Bay Whale Watching Center: 4.4 mi
- Mural by Hijos del Sol: 3.9 mi
- Pietro Ferrante Statue: 4.4 mi
- The Fisherman: 4.4 mi
- Santa Rosalia Statue: 4.4 mi
- Images of Pebble Beach: 5.1 mi
- East Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
- Monterey Pines Group Area: 1.4 mi
- Talcot Bates Grove and Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
- Outdoor Navy Dining Area: 3.7 mi
- El Estero Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Our Green Thumb Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Memory Garden: 4.3 mi
- Sensory Garden: 4.4 mi
- Sand City Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- Pacific Grove Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- Fern Falls: 9.0 mi
- Pico Blanco Falls: 14.0 mi
- Firehose Falls: 16.0 mi
- Highbride Falls: 18.6 mi
- Pfeiffer Falls: 20.4 mi
- Pat Springs: 14.2 mi
- Cahoon Spring: 22.6 mi
- Lafler Creek Spring: 24.7 mi
- Point Pinos Lighthouse: 7.3 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 16.6 mi
- Cavalry Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 15.3 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 21.4 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Roach Canyon Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uncle Sam Mountain | SSE 148° | 1,445 m | 16.6 mi |
| Kandlbinder Peak | SSE 157° | 1,418 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Carmel | SSE 159° | 1,344 m | 11.8 mi |
| Danish Creek Peak | SSE 150° | 1,298 m | 14.4 mi |
| Little Pines | SSE 149° | 1,266 m | 15.1 mi |
| Devils Peak | SSE 160° | 1,261 m | 12.4 mi |
| Big Pines Peak | SSE 155° | 1,235 m | 13.2 mi |
| Pat Springs Peak | SSE 154° | 1,233 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:51 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:16 | 16:56 |
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 | 53 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 60 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 60 | 56 | 52 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monterey Peninsul AP, 3 mi away.
- Western Fence Lizard321 obs
- Western Honey Bee231 obs
- Fuchsiaflower Gooseberry197 obs
- orange bush monkeyflower180 obs
- common yarrow139 obs
- California poppy138 obs
- coffeeberry131 obs
- Pink Honeysuckle128 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/43700212
Day trips start here
- Carmel · 3 mi
- Carmel Point · 3 mi
- Monterey · 4 mi
- Seaside · 5 mi
- Pacific Grove · 6 mi
- Carmel Valley · 8 mi
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