Cerro Cabrillo
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Cerro Cabrillo rises to 275 m in California. Hi Mountain stands 969 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Cerro Cabrillo, also known locally as Cabrillo Peak, is a rocky mountain in eastern Morro Bay State Park, San Luis Obispo County, central California.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q5064871, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 275 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cayucos Point · 10 mi
- Estero Bay · 10 mi
- Avila Overlook · 16 mi
- Octopus Oak · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Hill: 1.1 mi
- Hollister Peak: 1.7 mi
- Morro Rock: 3.2 mi
- Coyote Point: 5.1 mi
- Elna Peak: 5.1 mi
- Bayshore Bluffs Park: 1.8 mi
- Morro Bay City Park: 1.9 mi
- Monty Young Park: 1.9 mi
- Tidelands Park: 2.1 mi
- Mariner Park: 2.2 mi
- Morro Bay Museum of Natural History: 1.7 mi
- Morro Bay Skateboard Museum: 2.3 mi
- Morro Bay Maritime Museum: 2.6 mi
- Robert Hoover Herbarium: 9.4 mi
- San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum: 9.8 mi
- Sperm Whale Jaw: 1.7 mi
- Sea Otter Nursery: 2.6 mi
- Morro Bay Landing: 2.7 mi
- Devils Gap: 8.6 mi
- Cal Poly Architecture Graveyard: 9.4 mi
- Jeff, Anne, and Siena Fairbanks Memorial: 1.6 mi
- MB: 2.6 mi
- Landing of the First Filipinos: 2.9 mi
- Nuestra Senora de Esperanza Landing historical marker: 3.0 mi
- Morro Rock California Registered Historical Landmark: 3.1 mi
- El Moro Elfin Forest Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Morro Bay National Estuary Program: 2.3 mi
- Morro Bay State Marine Recreational Management Area: 2.4 mi
- Sweet Springs Nature Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Morro Rock Natural Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Udderly Osos: 2.3 mi
- Ford Rear Bench: 2.6 mi
- Portola's Sacred Expedition: 3.0 mi
- The Fishermen's Family: 3.0 mi
- Water Tanks: 9.3 mi
- Morro Rock Beach: 3.2 mi
- Morro Dunes Natural Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Morro Strand State Beach: 5.5 mi
- Spooner's Cove: 6.8 mi
- Cayucos State Beach: 8.3 mi
- San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden: 5.0 mi
- Student Experimental Farm (SEF): 8.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 9.2 mi
- Emerson Park Garden: 10.0 mi
- Rotary Garden: 10.4 mi
- Holloway Garden: 6.8 mi
- Road Runner Picnic Site: 12.4 mi
- Rockrose: 20.6 mi
- Willow Bluff: 20.6 mi
- Meadow View: 20.7 mi
- Islay Falls: 6.3 mi
- Reservoir Creek Falls: 11.3 mi
- Big Falls: 18.2 mi
- Little Falls: 19.7 mi
- Little Falls: 19.7 mi
- McLain Spring: 9.0 mi
- Sulphur Pot: 15.2 mi
- Salsipuedes Spring #1: 21.3 mi
- Salsipuedes Spring #2: 21.8 mi
- McNeil Spring: 23.7 mi
- Sand Dunes Bluff: 6.2 mi
- Cracked Wall: 7.6 mi
- Fossil Point: 13.3 mi
- Fossil Point: 13.3 mi
- Smugglers Cave: 13.5 mi
- Franklin Hot Springs: 18.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Cerro Cabrillo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hi Mountain | ESE 106° | 969 m | 22.9 mi |
| Cypress Mountain | NNW 336° | 894 m | 18.9 mi |
| Lopez Mountain | ESE 105° | 869 m | 13.8 mi |
| Hi Mountain Potrero | ESE 105° | 865 m | 22.5 mi |
| Vulture Rock | NNW 330° | 857 m | 23.2 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ESE 114° | 855 m | 19.2 mi |
| Gay Mountain | ESE 107° | 850 m | 14.8 mi |
| Tassajera Peak | ENE 64° | 836 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:44 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:16 | 16:55 |
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 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 60 | 55 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morro BAY Fire Dept, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1660461 — Cerro Cabrillo, San Luis Obispo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358807909
Day trips start here
- Los Osos · 3 mi
- Morro Bay · 3 mi
- San Luis Obispo · 10 mi
- Atascadero · 12 mi
- Avila Beach · 13 mi
- Pismo Beach · 16 mi
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