Islay Hill
Islay Hill rises to 238 m in California. Chiches 2 stands 1,104 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cow Statue, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 4.6 miles off.
The story
Islay Hill is a volcanic cone, and is the southernmost of the nine volcanic mountains and hills that make up the Nine Sisters, located in the San Luis Obispo County of central California. This chain of extinct, but possibly dormant volcanoes, the eight others volcanic plugs, stretches from Morro Bay southeast to Islay Hill, which is on the southeast side of San Luis Obispo (city).
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Wikidata Q8522190, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 238 m
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- The Notch · 6 mi
- Avila Overlook · 6 mi
- Lover's Point · 6 mi
- Octopus Oak · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Islay Hill Open Space: 0.2 mi
- E A French Park: 0.8 mi
- Airport Viewing Area: 1.2 mi
- Damon Garcia: 1.5 mi
- Baileyana Winery Open Space: 1.8 mi
- Righetti Hill: 0.7 mi
- Orcutt Knob: 1.5 mi
- Vulture Peak: 2.2 mi
- Terrace Hill: 2.5 mi
- Bald Hill: 3.3 mi
- San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum: 2.7 mi
- Dallidet Adobe and Gardens: 3.2 mi
- Octagon Barn Center, Milking Parlor: 3.3 mi
- Historic Jack House & Gardens: 3.3 mi
- San Luis Obispo Museum of Art: 3.4 mi
- Bubblegum Alley: 3.3 mi
- Bubblegum Alley: 3.3 mi
- The P: 4.3 mi
- Cal Poly Architecture Graveyard: 5.2 mi
- Monarch Butterfly Grove: 8.0 mi
- The Dorn Pyramid: 2.9 mi
- Old Town Historic District: 3.1 mi
- Pereira Octagon Barn: 3.3 mi
- Motel Inn: 3.5 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 3.5 mi
- Sulphur Pot: 5.2 mi
- Salsipuedes Spring #1: 10.1 mi
- Salsipuedes Spring #2: 10.4 mi
- McLain Spring: 11.9 mi
- McNeil Spring: 12.5 mi
- Pirates Cove: 7.1 mi
- Avila Beach: 7.8 mi
- Olde Port Beach: 8.6 mi
- Olde Port Beach: 8.6 mi
- Pismo Beach: 8.9 mi
- Reservoir Canyon Natural Reserve: 2.6 mi
- Cerro San Luis Natural Reserve: 3.8 mi
- Johnson Ranch Open Space: 4.3 mi
- Pismo Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Los Osos Oaks State Natural Reserve: 11.6 mi
- Cow Statue: 0.0 mi
- Oh Great Spirit: 2.7 mi
- Alex Madonna, Creator of Madonna Inn: 3.3 mi
- Entry Arch: 5.0 mi
- Blade Structure: 5.1 mi
- Laurel Lane Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Rotary Garden: 2.7 mi
- Emerson Park Garden: 3.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 4.5 mi
- Student Experimental Farm (SEF): 5.3 mi
- Road Runner Picnic Site: 0.7 mi
- Rockrose: 7.5 mi
- Willow Bluff: 7.5 mi
- Meadow View: 7.6 mi
- Arboleda Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Reservoir Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
- Big Falls: 6.8 mi
- Little Falls: 7.6 mi
- Little Falls: 7.6 mi
- Islay Falls: 13.8 mi
- Cracked Wall: 5.7 mi
- Fossil Point: 7.6 mi
- Fossil Point: 7.6 mi
- Sand Dunes Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Smugglers Cave: 7.2 mi
- Betteravia: 23.4 mi
- Franklin Hot Springs: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Islay Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiches 2 | NE 56° | 1,104 m | 18.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 55° | 1,089 m | 18.3 mi |
| Pine Ridge Summit | E 97° | 981 m | 19.4 mi |
| Hi Mountain | E 85° | 969 m | 11.2 mi |
| Lopez Mountain | NNE 33° | 869 m | 4.6 mi |
| Hi Mountain Potrero | E 82° | 865 m | 11.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | E 93° | 855 m | 6.7 mi |
| Gay Mountain | NE 48° | 850 m | 4.5 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 | 19:43 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:15 | 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 | 53 | 54 | 56 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 67 | 66 | 64 | 58 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Luis Obispo Mcchesney FLD, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358808171
Day trips start here
- San Luis Obispo · 3 mi
- Pismo Beach · 7 mi
- Avila Beach · 8 mi
- Arroyo Grande · 9 mi
- Grover Beach · 9 mi
- Oceano · 10 mi
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