Island Mountain
Island Mountain rises to 956 m in California. Chews Ridge stands 1,549 m to the east-northeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mulberger Dome, a peak 2.0 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 3.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Monterey County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49039233, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 956 m
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 7 mi
- Sea Otter Refuge View Point · 12 mi
- Hurricane View Point · 12 mi
- Bixby Creek Bridge Viewpoint · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mulberger Dome: 2.0 mi
- Ventana Double Cone: 2.3 mi
- Kandlbinder Peak: 2.4 mi
- Ventana Spires: 2.4 mi
- Lion Rock: 2.5 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Day Use Area: 3.4 mi
- Point Sur State Historic Park: 9.5 mi
- Cachagua Community Park: 9.8 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse Reservation: 10.3 mi
- Carmel Valley Community Park: 15.0 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park: 3.0 mi
- Andrew Molera State Park: 5.9 mi
- The California Sea Otter State Game Refuge: 6.0 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 7.2 mi
- Point Sur Dunes Natural Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Albino Redwood Tree: 3.9 mi
- Pelton Wheel: 7.9 mi
- Esalen Institute: 10.8 mi
- Bixby Creek Bridge: 12.4 mi
- Galante Winery: 13.0 mi
- Tractor: 2.8 mi
- Tin House: 6.4 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 9.7 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 12.0 mi
- Bixby Creek Bridge: 12.4 mi
- Pfeiffer Falls: 3.3 mi
- Firehose Falls: 4.9 mi
- Pine Falls: 5.0 mi
- Highbride Falls: 5.7 mi
- Pico Blanco Falls: 7.3 mi
- Ventana Wildlife Discovery Center: 6.8 mi
- Picard Trade Bead Museum: 18.4 mi
- Whalers Cabin and Whaling Station Museum: 21.3 mi
- Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Museum: 22.1 mi
- The Sir Harry Downie Museum: 22.1 mi
- Wreck Beach: 4.7 mi
- Pfeiffer Beach: 5.5 mi
- Gibson Beach: 20.6 mi
- Hidden Beach: 20.8 mi
- Weston Beach: 21.0 mi
- Lafler Creek Spring: 3.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.4 mi
- Pat Springs: 6.9 mi
- Cahoon Spring: 10.2 mi
- Quail Spring: 11.0 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 13.8 mi
- East Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Monterey Pines Group Area: 22.1 mi
- Talcot Bates Grove and Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 23.4 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 15.1 mi
- Mural by Hijos del Sol: 23.8 mi
- Images of Pebble Beach: 24.5 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 2.1 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 5.5 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 8.9 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 10.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Island Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chews Ridge | ENE 70° | 1,549 m | 9.2 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | E 82° | 1,517 m | 4.9 mi |
| Black Butte | E 89° | 1,497 m | 10.2 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | NNE 13° | 1,477 m | 2.3 mi |
| Uncle Sam Mountain | N 10° | 1,445 m | 5.3 mi |
| Ventana Cone | ENE 63° | 1,434 m | 2.9 mi |
| Kandlbinder Peak | NNW 345° | 1,418 m | 2.4 mi |
| Black Cone | ESE 115° | 1,363 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:50 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358786422
Day trips start here
- Carmel Valley · 15 mi
- Carmel · 23 mi
- Carmel Point · 23 mi
- Monterey · 25 mi
- Seaside · 25 mi
- Soledad · 25 mi
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