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Pine Mountain

Pine Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Pine Mountain rises to 395 m in California. Chiches 2 stands 1,104 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Stadium Park Bowl, a park 0.3 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 12 miles off.

The story

Mountain in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5382981.

Wikidata Q49061756, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
395 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.49271, -120.65572

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 60
  • Stadium Park Bowl: 0.3 mi
  • Traffic Way Park: 0.7 mi
  • Sunken Gardens: 0.7 mi
  • Atascadero Lake Park: 1.9 mi
  • Heilmann Regional Park: 2.0 mi
Peaks
  • Frog Pond Mountain: 4.8 mi
  • Eagle Peak: 4.9 mi
  • Prospect Benchmark: 5.5 mi
  • Cerro Alto: 7.0 mi
  • Chalk Hill: 7.2 mi
Museums: 21
Nature reserves: 16
  • Morro Bay National Estuary Program: 14.2 mi
  • El Moro Elfin Forest Preserve: 14.7 mi
  • Morro Rock Natural Preserve: 14.7 mi
  • Reservoir Canyon Natural Reserve: 14.7 mi
  • Cerro San Luis Natural Reserve: 14.8 mi
Historic sites: 14
Artworks: 13
Springs: 11
  • McLain Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Sulphur Pot: 14.8 mi
  • Balloon Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Fox Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Blinn Spring: 19.3 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Devils Gap: 5.2 mi
  • Cal Poly Architecture Graveyard: 12.2 mi
  • The P: 13.1 mi
  • Sea Otter Nursery: 14.1 mi
  • Morro Bay Landing: 14.1 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Morro Strand State Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Morro Rock Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Cayucos State Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Morro Dunes Natural Preserve: 16.5 mi
  • Spooner's Cove: 20.0 mi
Gardens: 6
Picnic sites: 6
  • Road Runner Picnic Site: 16.7 mi
  • Holloway Garden: 20.0 mi
  • Arboleda Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
  • Rockrose: 23.0 mi
  • Meadow View: 23.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Reservoir Creek Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Big Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Little Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Islay Falls: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Franklin Hot Springs: 6.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Smugglers Cave: 22.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Pine Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chiches 2ESE1,104 m18.5 mi
Hi MountainSE969 m20.7 mi
Cypress MountainWNW894 m18.4 mi
Lopez MountainSSE869 m13.9 mi
Hi Mountain PotreroSE865 m20.1 mi
Vulture RockWNW857 m23.0 mi
Bald MountainSSE855 m19.5 mi
Gay MountainSSE850 m15.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4119:15
June solstice05:4819:4420:22
September equinox06:5118:2719:01
December solstice07:0916:1516:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054576368727269625347
Precip in3.43.22.80.80.40.00.10.00.10.71.22.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paso Robles, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4727230709

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