Via Paraiso Park
Via Paraiso Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 60 m. Uncle Sam Mountain stands 1,445 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Quarry Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 0.8 miles off.
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 1 mi
- Rumsien Overlook · 5 mi
- China Lookout · 9 mi
- Granite Canyon Bridge · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Quarry Park: 0.3 mi
- Whispering Pines Park: 0.4 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Monterey State Historic Park: 0.5 mi
- Hartnell Park: 0.5 mi
- Huckleberry Hill Nature Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Edward F. Ricketts State Marine Conservation Area: 1.6 mi
- SFB Morse Botanical Reserve: 1.7 mi
- Rip Van Winkle Open Space: 1.9 mi
- Lovers Point - Julia Platt State Marine Reserve: 2.1 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 1.0 mi
- 2 Huckleberry Hill: 1.1 mi
- Devil Hill: 1.9 mi
- Loma Alta: 2.6 mi
- Greg's Hill: 4.7 mi
- The Old Monterey Jail: 0.5 mi
- Colton Hall Museum: 0.5 mi
- Monterey Museum of Art: 0.6 mi
- Alvarado Gallery: 0.8 mi
- MY Museum: 0.8 mi
- Monterey State Beach: 1.3 mi
- San Carlos Beach: 1.3 mi
- Aeneas Beach: 1.4 mi
- McAbee Beach: 1.6 mi
- Del Monte Beach: 1.9 mi
- Monterey Customhouse: 0.9 mi
- Old Custom House: 0.9 mi
- Portola Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Custom House: 1.0 mi
- Vizcaino Serra Landing Site: 1.0 mi
- Chris' Fishing Trips and Whale Watching: 1.0 mi
- Glass Bottom Boat: 1.1 mi
- Randy's Fishing Trips: 1.1 mi
- Monterey Bay Whale Watching Center: 1.1 mi
- Monterey Whale Watching: 1.1 mi
- Pietro Ferrante Statue: 1.0 mi
- Santa Rosalia Statue: 1.0 mi
- The Fisherman: 1.1 mi
- Otter Statue: 2.0 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 2.1 mi
- Veteran's Park Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- El Estero Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
- Outdoor Navy Dining Area: 1.6 mi
- Talcot Bates Grove and Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
- Monterey Pines Group Area: 3.2 mi
- Our Green Thumb Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Sensory Garden: 0.9 mi
- Memory Garden: 0.9 mi
- Pacific Grove Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Sand City Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Fern Falls: 13.0 mi
- Pico Blanco Falls: 17.8 mi
- Firehose Falls: 20.0 mi
- Highbride Falls: 22.3 mi
- Pfeiffer Falls: 24.2 mi
- Point Pinos Lighthouse: 3.2 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 19.8 mi
- Cavalry Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 19.3 mi
- Pat Springs: 18.2 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Via Paraiso 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 | 20.6 mi |
| Mount Carmel | SSE 156° | 1,344 m | 15.7 mi |
| Danish Creek Peak | SSE 149° | 1,298 m | 18.4 mi |
| Little Pines | SSE 148° | 1,266 m | 19.1 mi |
| Devils Peak | SSE 156° | 1,261 m | 16.3 mi |
| Big Pines Peak | SSE 153° | 1,235 m | 17.2 mi |
| Pat Springs Peak | SSE 152° | 1,233 m | 18.0 mi |
| Elephant Mountain | SE 144° | 1,200 m | 20.7 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 | 19:52 | 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 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 61 | 56 | 52 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monterey, 3 mi away.
- California Sea Lion2,840 obs
- Western Gull2,269 obs
- Harbor Seal1,316 obs
- Brandt's Cormorant1,164 obs
- Brown Pelican813 obs
- Pigeon Guillemot775 obs
- Opalescent Nudibranch723 obs
- Rock Pigeon685 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/43700232
Day trips start here
- Monterey · 1 mi
- Pacific Grove · 2 mi
- Carmel · 3 mi
- Carmel Point · 3 mi
- Seaside · 4 mi
- Marina · 9 mi
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