Chews Ridge
Chews Ridge rises to 1,549 m in California. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Cahoon Spring, a spring 1.3 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 11 miles off.
The story
Ridge in Monterey County, California, United States.
Wikidata Q49684500, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,549 m
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 12 mi
- Sea Otter Refuge View Point · 19 mi
- Hurricane View Point · 19 mi
- Bixby Creek Bridge Viewpoint · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Mesa: 3.0 mi
- Black Butte: 3.4 mi
- Pigeon Point: 3.8 mi
- Sugarloaf: 3.8 mi
- Poison Oak Hill: 4.0 mi
- Cachagua Community Park: 7.9 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Day Use Area: 12.6 mi
- Carmel Valley Community Park: 15.1 mi
- Centennial Park: 15.3 mi
- Central Park: 15.4 mi
- Ventana Wilderness: 8.4 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 11.3 mi
- The California Sea Otter State Game Refuge: 11.7 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park: 12.2 mi
- Bear Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 12.3 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 5.5 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 7.7 mi
- Tractor: 10.7 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 11.0 mi
- Tin House: 11.1 mi
- Cahoon Spring: 1.3 mi
- Quail Spring: 5.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 9.3 mi
- Jackhammer Spring: 9.4 mi
- Pat Springs: 10.4 mi
- Pine Falls: 4.3 mi
- Tassajara Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
- Firehose Falls: 11.3 mi
- Eagle Creek Falls: 11.4 mi
- McWay Falls: 12.1 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 10.2 mi
- Galante Winery: 11.2 mi
- Pelton Wheel: 11.9 mi
- Albino Redwood Tree: 13.0 mi
- Esalen Institute: 13.4 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 7.2 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 23.0 mi
- Chaparral Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
- East Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- Monterey Pines Group Area: 23.9 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 7.7 mi
- Resurrection Wall: 23.4 mi
- The Upper Crust: 24.0 mi
- Discovery Wall: 24.1 mi
- Ignorable Cliffs: 24.2 mi
- Wreck Beach: 13.9 mi
- Pfeiffer Beach: 14.8 mi
- Gibson Beach: 24.6 mi
- Monastery Beach: 24.8 mi
- Hidden Beach: 24.9 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 13.5 mi
- Ventana Wildlife Discovery Center: 15.4 mi
- Picard Trade Bead Museum: 19.8 mi
- Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum: 24.6 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 16.8 mi
- Mural by Hijos del Sol: 24.8 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 8.0 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 14.8 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 18.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Chews Ridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | SE 144° | 1,784 m | 14.1 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | SE 133° | 1,602 m | 14.3 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | WSW 237° | 1,517 m | 4.6 mi |
| Black Butte | SSE 154° | 1,497 m | 3.4 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | W 263° | 1,477 m | 8.2 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SE 135° | 1,451 m | 15.0 mi |
| Uncle Sam Mountain | WNW 285° | 1,445 m | 8.0 mi |
| Ventana Cone | WSW 253° | 1,434 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/9377893800
Day trips start here
- Carmel Valley · 15 mi
- Soledad · 16 mi
- Monterey County · 21 mi
- Pinnacles National Park · 25 mi
- Carmel · 26 mi
- Carmel Point · 26 mi
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