San Martin Top
San Martin Top rises to 938 m in California. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Alder Peak, a peak 1.9 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 1.6 miles off. 111 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49071099, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 938 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
- 6.6 mi off the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Breaker Point · 8 mi
- Point Sierra Nevada · 9 mi
- Seal Point · 17 mi
- Elephant Seal Vista Point · 17 mi
111 named places within 25 miles
- Alder Peak: 1.9 mi
- Willow Peak: 3.0 mi
- Silver Peak: 3.2 mi
- Soda 2: 3.4 mi
- Salmon Head: 4.1 mi
- Pacific Valley Drinking Fountain (disused): 3.5 mi
- Drinking Fountain (abandoned): 10.7 mi
- Devil's Falls: 15.9 mi
- Rigdon Drinking Fountain (disused): 16.2 mi
- Nacimiento Grizzly Bend: 21.3 mi
- Jewel Falls: 2.1 mi
- Manning Falls: 4.3 mi
- Upper Salmon Creek Falls: 4.6 mi
- Salmon Creek Falls: 5.0 mi
- Middle Fork Falls: 11.4 mi
- Silver Peak Wilderness: 4.6 mi
- Piedras Blancas State Marine Conservation Area: 13.9 mi
- Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve: 14.7 mi
- Piedras Blancas Light Station Outstanding Natural Area: 16.1 mi
- Bear Canyon Wilderness Study Area: 16.4 mi
- Buckeye Spring: 3.0 mi
- Basket Spring: 3.1 mi
- Bane Spring: 3.4 mi
- Dutra Spring: 6.2 mi
- Lottie Potrero Spring: 8.4 mi
- Limekilns: 11.6 mi
- Hearst Castle: 18.7 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 20.9 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 24.2 mi
- Hearst San Simeon State Historic Monument: 19.4 mi
- Old oak park: 23.2 mi
- Pa-nu Cultural Preserve: 24.8 mi
- Pine Meadows Park 2: 25.0 mi
- Willow Creek Picnic Ground: 3.5 mi
- Sand Dollar Picnic Area and Beach: 4.7 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 8.8 mi
- Father Junipero Serra: 12.7 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 17.3 mi
- Sculptures of the Goddess Sekhmet: 18.7 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach: 4.9 mi
- William Randolph Hearst Memorial Beach: 20.2 mi
- The Shut-In: 14.5 mi
- Piedras Blancas Light Station: 16.1 mi
- Coastal Discovery Center: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of San Martin Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | N 357° | 1,784 m | 18.5 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | N 3° | 1,602 m | 20.1 mi |
| Cone Peak | NNW 336° | 1,572 m | 13.1 mi |
| Twin Peak | NNW 334° | 1,468 m | 13.4 mi |
| Bear Mountain | N 4° | 1,451 m | 19.4 mi |
| Anderson Peak | NNW 327° | 1,249 m | 24.9 mi |
| Marble Peak | NNW 328° | 1,223 m | 24.0 mi |
| Lost Peak | NNW 340° | 1,174 m | 20.0 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, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 273505 — San Martin Top, Monterey County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358802104
Day trips start here
- Central Coast · 26 mi
- King City · 28 mi
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