Salmon Head
Salmon Head rises to 805 m in California. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Soda 2, a peak 0.7 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 0.8 miles off. 118 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49070944, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 805 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
- 2.5 mi off the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Breaker Point · 4 mi
- Point Sierra Nevada · 4 mi
- Seal Point · 13 mi
- Elephant Seal Vista Point · 13 mi
118 named places within 25 miles
- Soda 2: 0.7 mi
- Salmon Cone: 1.2 mi
- Thorndyke Top: 1.3 mi
- Silver Peak: 1.4 mi
- Mount Mars: 1.6 mi
- Pacific Valley Drinking Fountain (disused): 7.3 mi
- Drinking Fountain (abandoned): 14.8 mi
- Nacimiento Grizzly Bend: 18.0 mi
- The Narrows: 18.1 mi
- South Shore Nacimiento Lake: 19.0 mi
- Silver Peak Wilderness: 3.9 mi
- Piedras Blancas State Marine Conservation Area: 10.1 mi
- Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve: 10.7 mi
- Piedras Blancas Light Station Outstanding Natural Area: 12.0 mi
- Bear Canyon Wilderness Study Area: 19.3 mi
- Salmon Creek Falls: 0.9 mi
- Manning Falls: 0.9 mi
- Upper Salmon Creek Falls: 1.2 mi
- Jewel Falls: 2.7 mi
- Middle Fork Falls: 15.5 mi
- Buckeye Spring: 1.1 mi
- Dutra Spring: 2.5 mi
- Basket Spring: 5.6 mi
- Lottie Potrero Spring: 5.9 mi
- Bane Spring: 6.1 mi
- Hearst San Simeon State Historic Monument: 15.3 mi
- Pa-nu Cultural Preserve: 20.7 mi
- San Simeon Beach State Park: 21.6 mi
- San Antonio Reservoir Recreation Area: 22.8 mi
- Moon Stone Beach Park: 22.9 mi
- Willow Creek Picnic Ground: 7.1 mi
- Sand Dollar Picnic Area and Beach: 8.7 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 12.9 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach: 8.9 mi
- William Randolph Hearst Memorial Beach: 16.1 mi
- Moonstone Beach: 22.4 mi
- Father Junipero Serra: 14.4 mi
- Sculptures of the Goddess Sekhmet: 14.7 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 21.3 mi
- Hearst Castle: 14.7 mi
- Limekilns: 15.7 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 24.9 mi
- Coastal Discovery Center: 16.1 mi
- Cambria Historical Museum: 24.1 mi
- The Shut-In: 11.9 mi
- Piedras Blancas Light Station: 12.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Salmon Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | N 352° | 1,784 m | 22.2 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | N 357° | 1,602 m | 23.5 mi |
| Cone Peak | NNW 334° | 1,572 m | 17.2 mi |
| Twin Peak | NNW 332° | 1,468 m | 17.5 mi |
| Bear Mountain | N 358° | 1,451 m | 22.8 mi |
| Lost Peak | NNW 338° | 1,174 m | 24.0 mi |
| Alder Peak | N 354° | 1,137 m | 3.9 mi |
| Slick Rock Peak | N 353° | 1,126 m | 10.6 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 | 16:16 | 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, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 253330 — Salmon Head, Monterey County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358795474
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- Central Coast · 22 mi
- King City · 30 mi
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