South Ventana Cone
South Ventana Cone rises to 1,517 m in California. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Falls, a waterfall 1.8 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 6.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49076148, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,517 m
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 8 mi
- Sea Otter Refuge View Point · 16 mi
- Hurricane View Point · 16 mi
- Bixby Creek Bridge Viewpoint · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ventana Cone: 2.4 mi
- Miller Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Lion Rock: 3.1 mi
- The Mesa: 3.2 mi
- Ventana Spires: 4.2 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Day Use Area: 8.3 mi
- Cachagua Community Park: 8.6 mi
- Point Sur State Historic Park: 13.9 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse Reservation: 14.9 mi
- Carmel Valley Community Park: 15.4 mi
- The California Sea Otter State Game Refuge: 7.5 mi
- Ventana Wilderness: 7.5 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 7.5 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park: 7.8 mi
- Andrew Molera State Park: 10.7 mi
- Pelton Wheel: 8.2 mi
- Albino Redwood Tree: 8.8 mi
- Esalen Institute: 10.4 mi
- Galante Winery: 12.2 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 13.6 mi
- Pine Falls: 1.8 mi
- Tassajara Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
- Pfeiffer Falls: 8.1 mi
- Firehose Falls: 8.2 mi
- McWay Falls: 8.3 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 5.5 mi
- Tractor: 6.2 mi
- Tin House: 7.1 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 9.1 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 5.0 mi
- Cahoon Spring: 5.7 mi
- Lafler Creek Spring: 6.3 mi
- Quail Spring: 6.6 mi
- Pat Springs: 8.5 mi
- Wreck Beach: 9.4 mi
- Pfeiffer Beach: 10.4 mi
- Gibson Beach: 23.2 mi
- Hidden Beach: 23.5 mi
- Monastery Beach: 23.6 mi
- Ventana Wildlife Discovery Center: 11.5 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 18.0 mi
- Picard Trade Bead Museum: 19.5 mi
- Whalers Cabin and Whaling Station Museum: 23.9 mi
- Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Museum: 24.3 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 9.2 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 21.7 mi
- East Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Monterey Pines Group Area: 23.6 mi
- Talcot Bates Grove and Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 14.3 mi
- Mural by Hijos del Sol: 24.9 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 3.4 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 7.9 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 10.4 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 14.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of South Ventana Cone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | SE 126° | 1,784 m | 15.1 mi |
| Chews Ridge | ENE 57° | 1,549 m | 4.6 mi |
| Black Butte | E 96° | 1,497 m | 5.3 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | WNW 289° | 1,477 m | 4.6 mi |
| Uncle Sam Mountain | NW 320° | 1,445 m | 6.0 mi |
| Ventana Cone | WNW 285° | 1,434 m | 2.4 mi |
| Kandlbinder Peak | WNW 286° | 1,418 m | 5.7 mi |
| Black Cone | SSE 149° | 1,363 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:50 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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 | 51 | 52 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 61 | 55 | 51 |
| Precip in | 9.5 | 8.6 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 9.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG SUR STN, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 254285 — South Ventana Cone, Monterey County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358795885
Day trips start here
- Carmel Valley · 15 mi
- Soledad · 20 mi
- Carmel · 25 mi
- Carmel Point · 25 mi
- Monterey County · 25 mi
- Monterey · 26 mi
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