Sugarloaf
Sugarloaf rises to 821 m in California. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Poison Oak Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Monterey County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49079215, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 821 m
How to reach it
- 15.0 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 16 mi
- Sea Otter Refuge View Point · 21 mi
- Hurricane View Point · 21 mi
- Bixby Creek Bridge Viewpoint · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Poison Oak Hill: 1.6 mi
- Pigeon Point: 2.0 mi
- School Hill: 2.6 mi
- Buckeye Hill: 2.8 mi
- Haystack Hill: 3.3 mi
- Cachagua Community Park: 8.4 mi
- Centennial Park: 11.6 mi
- Central Park: 11.7 mi
- Cesar Chavez Park: 11.9 mi
- Bill Ramos Park: 12.0 mi
- Ventana Wilderness: 11.2 mi
- Bear Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 11.5 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 15.1 mi
- The California Sea Otter State Game Refuge: 15.5 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park: 15.7 mi
- Cahoon Spring: 2.6 mi
- Quail Spring: 8.1 mi
- Pajaiso Springs: 8.5 mi
- Jackhammer Spring: 11.3 mi
- Pat Springs: 12.4 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 8.4 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 9.2 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 13.9 mi
- Tractor: 14.5 mi
- Tin House: 14.9 mi
- Pine Falls: 7.8 mi
- Tassajara Creek Falls: 8.6 mi
- Eagle Creek Falls: 13.6 mi
- Firehose Falls: 14.0 mi
- Fern Falls: 14.4 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 9.1 mi
- Galante Winery: 10.9 mi
- Pelton Wheel: 15.6 mi
- Albino Redwood Tree: 16.4 mi
- Esalen Institute: 17.0 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 8.3 mi
- Chaparral Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Bear Creek Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Bear Gulch Day Use Area: 20.9 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 23.0 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 8.7 mi
- Resurrection Wall: 19.7 mi
- The Upper Crust: 20.4 mi
- Discovery Wall: 20.5 mi
- Ignorable Cliffs: 20.6 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 9.9 mi
- Ventana Wildlife Discovery Center: 18.5 mi
- Picard Trade Bead Museum: 19.9 mi
- Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum: 23.1 mi
- National Steinbeck Center: 23.7 mi
- Wreck Beach: 17.4 mi
- Pfeiffer Beach: 18.3 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 19.9 mi
- Mural by Hijos del Sol: 24.5 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 11.7 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 18.3 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 21.4 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Sugarloaf. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | SSE 158° | 1,784 m | 15.3 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | SSE 148° | 1,602 m | 14.8 mi |
| Chews Ridge | SW 224° | 1,549 m | 3.8 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | SW 231° | 1,517 m | 8.3 mi |
| Black Butte | S 191° | 1,497 m | 5.9 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | WSW 251° | 1,477 m | 11.4 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SSE 149° | 1,451 m | 15.6 mi |
| Uncle Sam Mountain | W 266° | 1,445 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:50 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:15 | 16:55 |
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 | 52 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 63 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel Valley, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 273937 — Sugarloaf, Monterey County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358802232
Day trips start here
- Soledad · 12 mi
- Carmel Valley · 15 mi
- Monterey County · 18 mi
- Pinnacles National Park · 21 mi
- King City · 24 mi
- Salinas · 24 mi
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