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Mount Pajaro

Mount Pajaro, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Pajaro rises to 480 m in California. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Chamberlain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 26 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49053928, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
480 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.92362, -121.62875

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Aromas Community Park: 2.6 mi
  • Aromas Community Park: 2.6 mi
  • Babbs Creek Park Preserve: 5.3 mi
  • Christmas Hill Park: 5.6 mi
  • Gilroy Sports Park: 5.7 mi
Attractions
  • Water Oasis: 5.5 mi
  • Bonfante's Splash Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Timber Twister: 5.6 mi
  • Pit Stop Racers: 5.6 mi
  • Big Red Fire Engine Co.: 5.6 mi
Picnic sites: 59
  • Milias Group Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
  • Lone Maple: 6.6 mi
  • Azalea: 6.7 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
  • Hilltop: 7.5 mi
Artworks: 53
  • Mural Gilroy the City of Garlic: 6.7 mi
  • If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 9.3 mi
  • Motorcycle from chains: 10.2 mi
  • Motorcycle from license plates: 10.2 mi
  • Fat Bhuda: 10.5 mi
Historic sites: 51
Gardens: 37
  • Garden Essential: 5.5 mi
  • Camellia Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Holly Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Rainbow Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Monarch Garden: 5.6 mi
Beaches: 36
Springs: 35
  • El Pajaro Springs: 1.1 mi
  • Spike Jones Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Mistletoe Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Willson Camp Quartz Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Willson Camp Hillside Spring: 16.1 mi
Museums: 31
Waterfalls: 12
  • Bonfante Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Triple Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Granuja Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 6
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 20.8 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 22.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Mount Pajaro. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNW 317°1,154 m17.6 mi
Crystal PeakNW 319°1,097 m17.4 mi
Mount ChualNW 320°1,046 m17.6 mi
Mount HarlanSE 142°991 m19.9 mi
Fremont PeakSSE 149°966 m13.4 mi
Middle RidgeNNE 13°884 m20.2 mi
San Joaquin PeakE 94°878 m20.3 mi
Nesbit RidgeNNE 20°850.7 m15.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:19
June solstice05:4819:5120:30
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:1716:1416:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586367717169635549
Precip in4.54.32.61.30.60.10.00.00.00.91.73.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gilroy, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/1854689103

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