Elephant Mountain
Elephant Mountain rises to 1,200 m in California. Chews Ridge stands 1,549 m to the east-southeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Uncle Sam Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 8.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Monterey County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49027608, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,200 m
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sea Otter Refuge View Point · 12 mi
- Hurricane View Point · 12 mi
- Bixby Creek Bridge Viewpoint · 12 mi
- Rocky Creek Bridge · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Uncle Sam Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Little Pines: 2.1 mi
- Blue Rock Ridge: 2.3 mi
- Danish Creek Peak: 2.8 mi
- Miller Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Cachagua Community Park: 3.7 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Day Use Area: 8.6 mi
- Carmel Valley Community Park: 9.5 mi
- Point Sur State Historic Park: 11.0 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse Reservation: 12.2 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park: 8.3 mi
- Andrew Molera State Park: 9.2 mi
- Garland Ranch Regional Park: 9.7 mi
- Joshua Creek Canyon Ecological Reserve: 10.4 mi
- Brazil Ranch: 10.5 mi
- Tractor: 8.9 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 11.1 mi
- Tin House: 11.8 mi
- Bixby Creek Bridge: 12.0 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 14.3 mi
- Galante Winery: 6.9 mi
- Albino Redwood Tree: 8.5 mi
- Bixby Creek Bridge: 11.9 mi
- Pelton Wheel: 13.2 mi
- Esalen Institute: 15.8 mi
- Ventana Wildlife Discovery Center: 9.6 mi
- Picard Trade Bead Museum: 13.6 mi
- Whalers Cabin and Whaling Station Museum: 18.2 mi
- Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Museum: 18.5 mi
- The Sir Harry Downie Museum: 18.5 mi
- Wreck Beach: 10.0 mi
- Pfeiffer Beach: 10.5 mi
- Gibson Beach: 17.6 mi
- Hidden Beach: 17.9 mi
- Monastery Beach: 17.9 mi
- Pine Falls: 4.2 mi
- Firehose Falls: 4.8 mi
- Pico Blanco Falls: 6.6 mi
- Fern Falls: 8.0 mi
- Pfeiffer Falls: 8.2 mi
- Mural by Hijos del Sol: 19.0 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 19.9 mi
- The Fisherman: 20.9 mi
- Pietro Ferrante Statue: 20.9 mi
- Santa Rosalia Statue: 20.9 mi
- Pat Springs: 3.2 mi
- Cahoon Spring: 7.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 9.5 mi
- Lafler Creek Spring: 9.8 mi
- Quail Spring: 11.9 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 14.1 mi
- East Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Monterey Pines Group Area: 17.6 mi
- Talcot Bates Grove and Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Outdoor Navy Dining Area: 20.0 mi
- Sand City Community Garden: 20.3 mi
- Our Green Thumb Community Garden: 20.8 mi
- Memory Garden: 20.9 mi
- Yorktown community garden: 22.1 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 22.6 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 2.7 mi
- Cavalry Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 12.2 mi
- Point Pinos Lighthouse: 23.9 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 6.8 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 10.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Elephant Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chews Ridge | ESE 112° | 1,549 m | 7.2 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | SSE 151° | 1,517 m | 5.9 mi |
| Black Butte | SE 125° | 1,497 m | 10.0 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | SSW 201° | 1,477 m | 3.9 mi |
| Uncle Sam Mountain | WSW 238° | 1,445 m | 1.1 mi |
| Ventana Cone | S 172° | 1,434 m | 4.6 mi |
| Kandlbinder Peak | SW 215° | 1,418 m | 4.4 mi |
| Black Cone | SSE 150° | 1,363 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/549643236
Day trips start here
- Carmel Valley · 9 mi
- Carmel · 19 mi
- Carmel Point · 19 mi
- Monterey · 20 mi
- Seaside · 20 mi
- Soledad · 21 mi
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