Cushing Mountain
Cushing Mountain rises to 436 m in California. Ventana Double Cone stands 1,477 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Glen Deven Ranch, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q35736747, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 436 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Rocky Creek Bridge · 1 mi
- Bixby Creek Bridge Viewpoint · 1 mi
- Kasler Point · 2 mi
- Hurricane View Point · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Division Knoll: 1.3 mi
- Cerro Hill: 3.1 mi
- Bonifacio Hill: 3.2 mi
- Puerta del Diablo: 3.4 mi
- Twin Peaks: 3.5 mi
- Point Sur State Historic Park: 5.1 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse Reservation: 5.8 mi
- Garland Ranch Regional Park: 9.2 mi
- Palo Corona Regional Park - Rancho Cañada: 10.3 mi
- Carmel River Lagoon and Wetland Nature Reserve: 10.3 mi
- Glen Deven Ranch: 1.1 mi
- Brazil Ranch: 2.3 mi
- Joshua Creek Canyon Ecological Reserve: 3.0 mi
- Mill Creek Redwood Preserve (closed): 3.0 mi
- Mitteldorf Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Bixby Creek Bridge: 1.5 mi
- Victorine Ranch: 6.6 mi
- Sunset Cultural Center: 11.3 mi
- Yadon Plaque: 13.0 mi
- Ingersol Family Statue: 14.3 mi
- Bixby Creek Bridge: 1.5 mi
- Albino Redwood Tree: 10.3 mi
- Walker House: 11.0 mi
- Galante Winery: 12.5 mi
- Lone Cypress: 13.1 mi
- Ventana Wildlife Discovery Center: 7.6 mi
- Whalers Cabin and Whaling Station Museum: 9.4 mi
- Picard Trade Bead Museum: 10.1 mi
- Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Museum: 10.7 mi
- The Sir Harry Downie Museum: 10.8 mi
- Gibson Beach: 8.6 mi
- Hidden Beach: 8.9 mi
- Weston Beach: 9.1 mi
- Monastery Beach: 9.6 mi
- Carmel River State Beach: 10.3 mi
- Images of Pebble Beach: 12.9 mi
- Mural by Hijos del Sol: 14.6 mi
- Pietro Ferrante Statue: 14.8 mi
- Santa Rosalia Statue: 14.8 mi
- The Fisherman: 14.9 mi
- Pico Blanco Falls: 5.3 mi
- Firehose Falls: 7.9 mi
- Highbride Falls: 8.5 mi
- Fern Falls: 9.3 mi
- Pfeiffer Falls: 10.9 mi
- Our Green Thumb Community Garden: 14.6 mi
- Memory Garden: 14.7 mi
- Sensory Garden: 14.7 mi
- Sand City Community Garden: 15.6 mi
- Pacific Grove Community Garden: 16.4 mi
- East Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Talcot Bates Grove and Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Monterey Pines Group Area: 12.2 mi
- Outdoor Navy Dining Area: 14.3 mi
- El Estero Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Pat Springs: 8.2 mi
- Lafler Creek Spring: 15.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 16.8 mi
- Cahoon Spring: 18.8 mi
- Quail Spring: 22.6 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 5.8 mi
- Point Pinos Lighthouse: 17.0 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 12.0 mi
- Cavalry Bluff: 20.3 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 11.2 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 14.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Cushing Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventana Double Cone | ESE 124° | 1,477 m | 11.5 mi |
| Uncle Sam Mountain | ESE 108° | 1,445 m | 10.6 mi |
| Ventana Cone | ESE 122° | 1,434 m | 13.7 mi |
| Kandlbinder Peak | SE 127° | 1,418 m | 10.6 mi |
| Ventana Spires | ESE 122° | 1,357 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Carmel | E 93° | 1,344 m | 5.5 mi |
| Lion Rock | ESE 122° | 1,334 m | 13.0 mi |
| Miller Mountain | ESE 110° | 1,319 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:51 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:17 | 16:57 |
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 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 63 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel Valley, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/549643842
Day trips start here
- Carmel Valley · 10 mi
- Carmel · 11 mi
- Carmel Point · 11 mi
- Monterey · 14 mi
- Seaside · 15 mi
- Pacific Grove · 16 mi
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