Mount Olds
Mount Olds rises to 914 m in California. Palo Escrito Peak stands 1,352 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is McPhails Peak, a peak 2.1 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 26 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49053856, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 914 m
How to reach it
- 26.2 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 29 mi
- Rumsien Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McPhails Peak: 2.1 mi
- Mount Harlan: 3.8 mi
- Mount Johnson: 5.2 mi
- Bluerock Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Cushman Hill: 7.5 mi
- Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area: Upper Ranch: 7.7 mi
- Meyer Park: 9.2 mi
- Central Park: 9.5 mi
- Centennial Park: 9.7 mi
- Fremont Peak State Park: 9.9 mi
- Fort Ord National Monument: 19.8 mi
- Carnadero Preserve: 21.7 mi
- Pescadero Ranch Reserve: 22.3 mi
- Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve: 22.4 mi
- Open space: 22.7 mi
- Saddle Association Museum: 10.1 mi
- Matthews House: 14.1 mi
- National Steinbeck Center: 14.4 mi
- San Benito County Historical Society: 14.5 mi
- Steinbeck House & Restaurant: 14.6 mi
- Upper Ranch Entrance: 8.0 mi
- Hollister Hills SVRA Upper Ranch: 8.8 mi
- Tiger (Female): 13.0 mi
- Savanna: 13.0 mi
- Tiger (Male): 13.0 mi
- Stone Spring: 4.4 mi
- Horseshoe Spring: 6.5 mi
- Oak Tree Spring: 15.1 mi
- Willow Spring: 15.2 mi
- Moses Spring: 16.5 mi
- Day Use Area: 8.0 mi
- Lower Day Use Area: 9.0 mi
- Coulter Group Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Madrone Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Group Area 1: 10.3 mi
- Swanson Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Resurrection Wall: 15.3 mi
- Ignorable Cliffs: 16.4 mi
- Discovery Wall: 16.5 mi
- The Upper Crust: 16.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 13.1 mi
- Battle of Natividad State Historic Landmark: 14.5 mi
- Gonzalo Rodriguez fatal crash Site: 19.8 mi
- Corkscrew at WetherTech Raceway Laguna Seca: 19.9 mi
- Greenfield Memorial Hall: 23.1 mi
- Jesus Statue: 22.2 mi
- If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 22.7 mi
- Motorcycle from license plates: 24.4 mi
- Motorcycle from chains: 24.4 mi
- Mural by Hijos del Sol: 24.6 mi
- Sunnyslope Garden: 13.7 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 15.0 mi
- Yorktown community garden: 20.4 mi
- Garden Essential: 24.8 mi
- Marina State Beach: 23.1 mi
- North Marina: 23.1 mi
- Island Beach: 24.3 mi
- Jetty Beach: 24.5 mi
- Fern Falls: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Mount Olds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Escrito Peak | SSW 198° | 1,352 m | 17.2 mi |
| Ell Peak | S 186° | 1,297 m | 19.3 mi |
| Big Mountain | E 100° | 1,211 m | 21.0 mi |
| Paloma Mountain | SSW 192° | 1,207 m | 18.2 mi |
| Twin Peaks | S 185° | 1,202 m | 18.8 mi |
| Laveaga Peak | NE 36° | 1,145 m | 21.1 mi |
| Potrero Peak | NE 43° | 1,132 m | 20.2 mi |
| Henrietta Peak | NNE 27° | 1,095 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:50 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:14 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 51 | 54 | 59 | 65 | 67 | 68 | 65 | 58 | 51 | 46 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paicines 4 W, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 229995 — Mount Olds, Monterey County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358772023
Day trips start here
- Salinas · 14 mi
- Hollister · 15 mi
- San Benito County · 15 mi
- Pinnacles National Park · 16 mi
- San Juan Bautista · 16 mi
- Soledad · 16 mi
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