Black Cone
Black Cone rises to 1,363 m in California. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Tassajara Creek Falls, a waterfall 2.4 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 5.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q35727556, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,363 m
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 6 mi
- Sea Otter Refuge View Point · 20 mi
- Hurricane View Point · 20 mi
- Bixby Creek Bridge Viewpoint · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Marble Peak: 3.4 mi
- Anderson Peak: 3.6 mi
- The Mesa: 3.8 mi
- Michaels Hill: 4.5 mi
- Black Butte: 4.6 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Day Use Area: 10.9 mi
- Cachagua Community Park: 13.2 mi
- Point Sur State Historic Park: 17.6 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse Reservation: 18.3 mi
- Patriot Park: 19.8 mi
- Ventana Wilderness: 2.8 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 5.3 mi
- The California Sea Otter State Game Refuge: 6.5 mi
- John Little State Natural Reserve: 6.9 mi
- Big Creek State Marine Conservation Area: 8.9 mi
- Tassajara Creek Falls: 2.4 mi
- McWay Falls: 5.9 mi
- Eagle Creek Falls: 6.5 mi
- Pine Falls: 6.7 mi
- Devil's falls: 9.7 mi
- Quail Spring: 3.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.9 mi
- Jackhammer Spring: 5.9 mi
- Lafler Creek Spring: 6.8 mi
- Redondo Spring: 6.9 mi
- Pelton Wheel: 5.7 mi
- Esalen Institute: 6.7 mi
- Devil's Falls: 9.7 mi
- Rigdon Drinking Fountain (disused): 10.9 mi
- Albino Redwood Tree: 11.7 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 2.5 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Tin House: 5.5 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 5.9 mi
- Tractor: 7.6 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 6.5 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 16.9 mi
- Sand Dollar Picnic Area and Beach: 21.4 mi
- Willow Creek Picnic Ground: 23.4 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 24.7 mi
- Ventana Wildlife Discovery Center: 14.8 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 18.6 mi
- Picard Trade Bead Museum: 24.4 mi
- Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum: 24.9 mi
- Wreck Beach: 11.6 mi
- Pfeiffer Beach: 12.7 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach: 21.2 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 10.0 mi
- Father Junipero Serra: 23.6 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 6.0 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 12.6 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 12.6 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 18.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Black Cone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | ESE 116° | 1,784 m | 10.8 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | ESE 105° | 1,602 m | 12.2 mi |
| Cone Peak | SSE 154° | 1,572 m | 12.4 mi |
| Chews Ridge | NNE 11° | 1,549 m | 6.8 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | NNW 329° | 1,517 m | 4.9 mi |
| Black Butte | NE 38° | 1,497 m | 4.6 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | NW 310° | 1,477 m | 8.9 mi |
| Twin Peak | SSE 157° | 1,468 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:50 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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 | 51 | 52 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 61 | 55 | 51 |
| Precip in | 9.5 | 8.6 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 9.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG SUR STN, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 239397 — Black Cone, Monterey County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358780826
Day trips start here
- Carmel Valley · 20 mi
- Soledad · 21 mi
- Monterey County · 23 mi
- King City · 26 mi
- Carmel · 30 mi
- Carmel Point · 30 mi
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