Scout Peak
Scout Peak rises to 794 m in California. Pinyon Peak stands 1,602 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is High Peaks, a peak 0.4 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 794 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- High Peaks: 0.4 mi
- The Fingers: 0.5 mi
- Pinnacle Rocks: 0.5 mi
- Hawkins Peak: 0.6 mi
- Teaching Rock: 0.8 mi
- Peverini Park: 7.1 mi
- Santa Barbara Park: 7.1 mi
- San Antonio Park: 7.2 mi
- ORCHARD LANE PARK: 7.3 mi
- Aurelio Ramirez Park: 7.4 mi
- Bear Creek Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
- Bear Gulch Day Use Area: 1.0 mi
- Chaparral Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
- Day Use Area: 3.1 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 19.1 mi
- Oak Tree Spring: 0.7 mi
- Moses Spring: 0.8 mi
- Willow Spring: 2.3 mi
- Parson Spring: 4.5 mi
- Stone Spring: 12.1 mi
- Resurrection Wall: 0.5 mi
- Ignorable Cliffs: 0.8 mi
- Discovery Wall: 0.8 mi
- The Upper Crust: 0.9 mi
- The Bluff: 15.4 mi
- Greenfield Memorial Hall: 10.7 mi
- Avenue of Honor: 19.2 mi
- Old Salinas River Bridge Ruins: 19.4 mi
- Old Salinas River Bridge Ruins: 19.5 mi
- Old Salinas River Bridge Ruins: 19.5 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 18.1 mi
- Upper Ranch Entrance: 22.1 mi
- Hollister Hills SVRA Upper Ranch: 23.2 mi
- Savanna: 24.9 mi
- Tiger (Female): 24.9 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 10.1 mi
- Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum: 19.1 mi
- Saddle Association Museum: 20.6 mi
- Bear Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 19.0 mi
- Griswold Hills Day use area: 21.0 mi
- Panoche Hills: 24.6 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 19.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 21.1 mi
- Laguna falls: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Scout Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinyon Peak | SSW 205° | 1,602 m | 23.8 mi |
| Chews Ridge | WSW 240° | 1,549 m | 23.6 mi |
| Black Butte | SW 232° | 1,497 m | 24.0 mi |
| Laguna Mountain | ESE 114° | 1,361 m | 23.8 mi |
| Hepsedam Peak | ESE 119° | 1,354 m | 23.8 mi |
| Palo Escrito Peak | WSW 252° | 1,352 m | 17.1 mi |
| Ell Peak | WSW 239° | 1,297 m | 15.3 mi |
| Tucker Mountain | E 101° | 1,248 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:49 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:14 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 53 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 63 | 54 | 48 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinnacles NP, 1 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Pinnacles National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Sep and Oct; busiest: Apr.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1661414 — Scout Peak, San Benito County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358808711
Day trips start here
- Pinnacles National Park · 1 mi
- Soledad · 8 mi
- Monterey County · 10 mi
- San Benito County · 10 mi
- King City · 19 mi
- Hollister · 28 mi
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