Cerro Romauldo
Cerro Romauldo rises to 363 m in California. Chiches 2 stands 1,104 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Chumash Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Cerro Romualdo is a 1,300-foot (396 m) mountain in San Luis Obispo County, California. The mountain is the fifth in a series of volcanic plugs called the Nine Sisters. Until 1964 the mountain was officially known as Romualdo Peak. The mountain is named for a Chumash man who received the 117-acre (0.47 km2) Rancho Huerta de Romualdo Mexican land grant from Pío Pico, the last Mexican Governor of Alta California. Huerta de Romualdo means Romualdo's kitchen garden or orchard in Spanish. He sold the land to Captain John Wilson in 1846. In the 1890s, rock from Cerro Romualdo was used in the construction of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Cerro Romualdo is owned by the State of California, and is used by the California National Guard at adjacent Camp San Luis Obispo for fitness training.
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Wikidata Q5064983, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 363 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Avila Overlook · 11 mi
- Octopus Oak · 12 mi
- The Notch · 12 mi
- Concrete Turret · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chumash Peak: 1.2 mi
- Bishop Peak: 1.8 mi
- Cerro San Luis Obispo: 3.4 mi
- Hollister Peak: 4.0 mi
- Coyote Point: 4.8 mi
- El Chorro Regional Park: 1.5 mi
- Bishop Peak Natural Area: 1.9 mi
- Throop Park: 3.1 mi
- Let It Be Nature Reserve: 3.4 mi
- Vista del Collados Park: 3.6 mi
- Robert Hoover Herbarium: 3.9 mi
- San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum: 4.2 mi
- History Center of San Luis Obispo County: 4.2 mi
- San Luis Obispo Museum of Art: 4.2 mi
- Historic Jack House & Gardens: 4.3 mi
- Cal Poly Architecture Graveyard: 4.1 mi
- Bubblegum Alley: 4.3 mi
- The P: 4.3 mi
- Sperm Whale Jaw: 7.0 mi
- Sea Otter Nursery: 8.2 mi
- The Bent of The Tau Beta Pi Association - CA Mu Chapter: 3.6 mi
- Cerro San Luis Obispo Lemon Grove: 3.7 mi
- Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club Tower Commemoration: 3.8 mi
- Old Town Historic District: 4.5 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 4.7 mi
- Cerro San Luis Natural Reserve: 3.8 mi
- Los Osos Oaks State Natural Reserve: 5.1 mi
- El Moro Elfin Forest Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Reservoir Canyon Natural Reserve: 6.1 mi
- Johnson Ranch Open Space: 6.3 mi
- Water Tanks: 4.0 mi
- Sun Dial: 4.1 mi
- Blade Structure: 4.2 mi
- Entry Arch: 4.2 mi
- Alex Madonna, Creator of Madonna Inn: 4.4 mi
- Morro Dunes Natural Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Morro Rock Beach: 8.8 mi
- Avila Beach: 9.4 mi
- Olde Port Beach: 9.5 mi
- Spooner's Cove: 9.5 mi
- McLain Spring: 7.4 mi
- Sulphur Pot: 9.8 mi
- McNeil Spring: 18.4 mi
- Balloon Spring: 21.4 mi
- Fox Spring: 21.7 mi
- San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden: 1.2 mi
- Student Experimental Farm (SEF): 3.0 mi
- Emerson Park Garden: 4.4 mi
- Rotary Garden: 4.9 mi
- Laurel Lane Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- Road Runner Picnic Site: 6.8 mi
- Holloway Garden: 9.5 mi
- Rockrose: 15.0 mi
- Willow Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Meadow View: 15.1 mi
- Reservoir Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
- Islay Falls: 8.3 mi
- Big Falls: 12.7 mi
- Little Falls: 14.1 mi
- Cracked Wall: 2.0 mi
- Sand Dunes Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Fossil Point: 9.6 mi
- Smugglers Cave: 9.7 mi
- Franklin Hot Springs: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Cerro Romauldo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiches 2 | ENE 75° | 1,104 m | 21.8 mi |
| Hi Mountain | ESE 102° | 969 m | 17.4 mi |
| Lopez Mountain | E 96° | 869 m | 8.4 mi |
| Hi Mountain Potrero | E 101° | 865 m | 17.1 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ESE 112° | 855 m | 13.6 mi |
| Gay Mountain | E 101° | 850 m | 9.4 mi |
| Tassajera Peak | N 11° | 836 m | 5.6 mi |
| Black Butte | E 91° | 824 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:44 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| 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 | 54 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 65 | 59 | 54 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Luis Obispo Poly, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 255462 — Cerro Romualdo, San Luis Obispo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796404
Day trips start here
- San Luis Obispo · 5 mi
- Los Osos · 6 mi
- Morro Bay · 8 mi
- Avila Beach · 9 mi
- Atascadero · 12 mi
- Pismo Beach · 12 mi
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