Salmon Cone
Salmon Cone rises to 119 m in California. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Salmon Creek Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 runs past it. 119 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49070942, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 119 m
How to reach it
- On the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
- 1.6 mi off the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Breaker Point · 3 mi
- Point Sierra Nevada · 4 mi
- Seal Point · 12 mi
- Elephant Seal Vista Point · 12 mi
119 named places within 25 miles
- Thorndyke Top: 0.7 mi
- Salmon Head: 1.2 mi
- Mount Mars: 1.4 mi
- Soda 2: 1.8 mi
- Silver Peak: 2.6 mi
- Pacific Valley Drinking Fountain (disused): 8.0 mi
- Drinking Fountain (abandoned): 15.7 mi
- Nacimiento Grizzly Bend: 17.8 mi
- The Narrows: 17.9 mi
- South Shore Nacimiento Lake: 18.8 mi
- Buckeye Spring: 2.1 mi
- Dutra Spring: 2.7 mi
- Lottie Potrero Spring: 6.3 mi
- School Spring: 6.6 mi
- Basket Spring: 6.8 mi
- Silver Peak Wilderness: 5.0 mi
- Piedras Blancas State Marine Conservation Area: 8.9 mi
- Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve: 9.6 mi
- Piedras Blancas Light Station Outstanding Natural Area: 11.0 mi
- Cambria State Marine Conservation Area: 20.3 mi
- Salmon Creek Falls: 0.6 mi
- Manning Falls: 1.9 mi
- Upper Salmon Creek Falls: 2.0 mi
- Jewel Falls: 3.9 mi
- Three Troughs Falls: 15.4 mi
- Hearst San Simeon State Historic Monument: 14.6 mi
- Pa-nu Cultural Preserve: 19.9 mi
- San Simeon Beach State Park: 20.8 mi
- Moon Stone Beach Park: 22.1 mi
- Shamel Park: 22.2 mi
- Willow Creek Picnic Ground: 7.8 mi
- Sand Dollar Picnic Area and Beach: 9.6 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 13.9 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach: 9.8 mi
- William Randolph Hearst Memorial Beach: 15.3 mi
- Moonstone Beach: 21.6 mi
- Sculptures of the Goddess Sekhmet: 14.0 mi
- Father Junipero Serra: 15.5 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 22.2 mi
- Hearst Castle: 14.0 mi
- Limekilns: 16.6 mi
- Coastal Discovery Center: 15.2 mi
- Cambria Historical Museum: 23.3 mi
- Piedras Blancas Light Station: 11.0 mi
- The Shut-In: 12.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Salmon Cone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | N 353° | 1,784 m | 23.3 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | N 358° | 1,602 m | 24.7 mi |
| Cone Peak | NNW 336° | 1,572 m | 18.2 mi |
| Twin Peak | NNW 334° | 1,468 m | 18.5 mi |
| Bear Mountain | N 358° | 1,451 m | 24.0 mi |
| Alder Peak | N 357° | 1,137 m | 5.1 mi |
| Slick Rock Peak | N 355° | 1,126 m | 11.8 mi |
| Lion Peak | NNW 331° | 1,102 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:17 | 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 | 53 | 52 | 55 | 56 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 68 | 69 | 65 | 58 | 52 |
| Precip in | 6.0 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hearst Castle, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358808676
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- Central Coast · 21 mi
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