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Salinas Recreation Center

Salinas Recreation Center from directly overhead

Salinas Recreation Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 18 m. Palo Escrito Peak stands 1,352 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Clay Street Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
18 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.67226, -121.65692

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Attractions: 57
  • Tiger (Female): 5.7 mi
  • Tiger (Male): 5.7 mi
  • Savanna: 5.8 mi
  • Giant artichoke: 8.2 mi
  • Sea otters: 11.6 mi
Museums: 35
Historic sites: 28
Beaches: 25
  • Marina State Beach: 8.6 mi
  • North Marina: 8.7 mi
  • Monterey State Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Island Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Jetty Beach: 12.0 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Madrone Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
  • Coulter Group Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
  • Outdoor Navy Dining Area: 13.3 mi
  • East Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
  • Monterey Pines Group Area: 13.5 mi
Gardens: 18
  • Memorial Rose Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Yorktown community garden: 6.1 mi
  • Sand City Community Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Memory Garden: 14.0 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 14.0 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Jesus Statue: 7.8 mi
  • Mural by Hijos del Sol: 11.3 mi
  • If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 11.5 mi
  • Motorcycle from license plates: 12.6 mi
  • Motorcycle from chains: 12.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • Horseshoe Spring: 12.3 mi
  • El Pajaro Springs: 16.8 mi
  • Stone Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Pat Springs: 21.9 mi
  • Cahoon Spring: 24.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Fern Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Bonfante Falls: 23.0 mi
  • Pico Blanco Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Firehose Falls: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Salinas Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Palo Escrito PeakSSE 154°1,352 m20.6 mi
Mount CarmelSSW 200°1,344 m21.1 mi
Big Pines PeakSSW 196°1,235 m21.6 mi
Twin PeaksSSW 207°1,088 m20.9 mi
Mount ToroSSE 165°1,081 m10.4 mi
Mount JohnsonESE 103°1,048 m19.5 mi
McPhails PeakE 94°1,016 m16.1 mi
Mount HarlanE 83°991 m14.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:4919:5120:29
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:1616:1516:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525355565861626364625651
Precip in3.33.02.41.10.50.10.00.00.10.61.62.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salinas #2, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Buckbrush45 obs
  • Toro manzanita45 obs
  • Sandmat Manzanita29 obs
  • House Sparrow28 obs
  • virgate eriastrum26 obs
  • Red Valerian23 obs
  • Lawn daisy22 obs
  • American Crow21 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/358849622

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