Pettits Peak
Pettits Peak rises to 625 m in California. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Mountain Wilderness Study Area, a nature reserve 3.5 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49060902, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 625 m
How to reach it
- 20.4 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinyon Peak: 7.7 mi
- Bear Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Ell Peak: 9.8 mi
- Twin Peaks: 9.8 mi
- Junipero Serra Peak: 10.2 mi
- Patriot Park: 4.3 mi
- Hicks Park: 5.4 mi
- Greenfield City Park: 5.4 mi
- Jim Maggini Memorial Park: 5.6 mi
- Park Greenfield: 6.0 mi
- Pajaiso Springs: 5.7 mi
- Jackhammer Spring: 11.3 mi
- Parson Spring: 12.2 mi
- Quail Spring: 12.4 mi
- Cahoon Spring: 14.4 mi
- Bear Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 3.5 mi
- Bear Canyon Wilderness Study Area: 11.1 mi
- Ventana Wilderness: 14.4 mi
- John Little State Natural Reserve: 20.5 mi
- Landels-Hill Big Creek Nature Reserve: 20.9 mi
- Greenfield Memorial Hall: 5.6 mi
- Avenue of Honor: 10.1 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 10.3 mi
- Old Salinas River Bridge Ruins: 10.3 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 13.7 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 9.6 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 9.9 mi
- Picnic Area B: 9.9 mi
- Picnic Area A: 10.0 mi
- Bear Creek Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 4.6 mi
- Devil's Falls: 17.5 mi
- Esalen Institute: 20.6 mi
- Drinking Fountain (abandoned): 21.0 mi
- Rigdon Drinking Fountain (disused): 21.2 mi
- Eagle Creek Falls: 13.1 mi
- Tassajara Creek Falls: 13.7 mi
- Devil's falls: 17.5 mi
- Pine Falls: 18.8 mi
- Canogas Falls: 19.0 mi
- The Upper Crust: 16.0 mi
- Discovery Wall: 16.2 mi
- Resurrection Wall: 16.2 mi
- Ignorable Cliffs: 16.3 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 21.7 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 10.0 mi
- Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum: 10.0 mi
- Father Junipero Serra: 17.6 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 21.0 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 10.7 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Pettits Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | SW 216° | 1,784 m | 10.2 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | SSW 211° | 1,602 m | 7.7 mi |
| Cone Peak | SW 215° | 1,572 m | 18.0 mi |
| Chews Ridge | WNW 283° | 1,549 m | 14.7 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | W 272° | 1,517 m | 18.2 mi |
| Black Butte | W 271° | 1,497 m | 12.8 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | W 276° | 1,477 m | 22.6 mi |
| Twin Peak | SW 217° | 1,468 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:49 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:15 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 63 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 55 | 50 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — King City, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 247421 — Pettits Peak, Monterey County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358790569
Day trips start here
- Monterey County · 8 mi
- King City · 11 mi
- Soledad · 11 mi
- Pinnacles National Park · 17 mi
- San Benito County · 26 mi
- Carmel Valley · 28 mi
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