Michaels Hill
Michaels Hill rises to 1,144 m in California. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Cold Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 2.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,144 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 3 mi
- Sea Otter Refuge View Point · 17 mi
- Hurricane View Point · 17 mi
- Bixby Creek Bridge Viewpoint · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Anderson Peak: 2.3 mi
- Mount Olmstead: 2.3 mi
- Timber Top: 2.5 mi
- Boronda Ridge: 2.6 mi
- Saddle Rock: 3.3 mi
- The California Sea Otter State Game Refuge: 2.3 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 2.4 mi
- John Little State Natural Reserve: 6.3 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park: 6.6 mi
- Ventana Wilderness: 6.8 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Day Use Area: 6.9 mi
- Cachagua Community Park: 13.3 mi
- Point Sur State Historic Park: 14.0 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse Reservation: 14.6 mi
- Carmel Valley Community Park: 19.5 mi
- McWay Falls: 3.3 mi
- Pine Falls: 6.8 mi
- Tassajara Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
- Pfeiffer Falls: 7.1 mi
- Highbride Falls: 9.9 mi
- Pelton Wheel: 3.2 mi
- Esalen Institute: 5.9 mi
- Albino Redwood Tree: 7.8 mi
- Rigdon Drinking Fountain (disused): 11.3 mi
- Devil's Falls: 11.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 0.7 mi
- Lafler Creek Spring: 2.4 mi
- Quail Spring: 8.2 mi
- Redondo Spring: 9.2 mi
- Jackhammer Spring: 10.1 mi
- Tin House: 1.9 mi
- Tractor: 3.4 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 6.8 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 10.4 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 11.0 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 18.3 mi
- Sand Dollar Picnic Area and Beach: 22.7 mi
- Willow Creek Picnic Ground: 24.6 mi
- Wreck Beach: 7.3 mi
- Pfeiffer Beach: 8.5 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach: 22.5 mi
- Ventana Wildlife Discovery Center: 11.0 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 22.4 mi
- Picard Trade Bead Museum: 23.2 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 3.4 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 8.4 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 10.1 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 12.5 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 14.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Michaels Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | ESE 106° | 1,784 m | 14.7 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | E 99° | 1,602 m | 16.4 mi |
| Cone Peak | SE 137° | 1,572 m | 14.4 mi |
| Chews Ridge | NE 38° | 1,549 m | 9.3 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | NNE 22° | 1,517 m | 5.2 mi |
| Black Butte | ENE 59° | 1,497 m | 8.4 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | NNW 339° | 1,477 m | 6.8 mi |
| Twin Peak | SE 139° | 1,468 m | 13.9 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 | 20:28 |
| 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1661020 — Michaels Hill, Monterey County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358808343
Day trips start here
- Carmel Valley · 19 mi
- Soledad · 25 mi
- Carmel · 28 mi
- Carmel Point · 28 mi
- Monterey County · 28 mi
- Monterey · 30 mi
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