Sugarloaf Peak
Sugarloaf Peak rises to 286 m in California. Henrietta Peak stands 1,095 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Battle of Natividad State Historic Landmark, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Monterey County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49079687, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 286 m
How to reach it
- 19.3 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 22 mi
- Rumsien Overlook · 24 mi
- China Lookout · 28 mi
- Granite Canyon Bridge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Schneider Hill: 3.8 mi
- Fremont Peak: 5.1 mi
- Pinecate Peak: 6.3 mi
- Bluerock Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Lomerias Muertas: 10.3 mi
- St. Francis Retreat: 6.3 mi
- Giant artichoke: 8.8 mi
- Hollister Hills SVRA Upper Ranch: 10.1 mi
- Sea otters: 10.2 mi
- Upper Ranch Entrance: 10.9 mi
- Rogge Commons Park 2: 3.2 mi
- Rogge Commons Park: 3.3 mi
- Harden Neighborhood Park: 4.2 mi
- Santa Rita Park: 4.3 mi
- Steinbeck Park: 4.4 mi
- Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve: 8.7 mi
- Pescadero Ranch Reserve: 10.5 mi
- Salinas River Dunes Natural Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Salinas River State Beach: 11.2 mi
- Moss Landing State Beach: 11.3 mi
- Madrone Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Coulter Group Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Lower Day Use Area: 10.0 mi
- Day Use Area: 10.4 mi
- Lower Shade Ramada: 15.1 mi
- Castro-Breen Adobe: 6.2 mi
- Old Livery Stables: 6.2 mi
- Zanetta House: 6.2 mi
- Old Mission Jail: 6.3 mi
- Boronda History Center: 6.6 mi
- Battle of Natividad State Historic Landmark: 0.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Gonzalo Rodriguez fatal crash Site: 15.3 mi
- Corkscrew at WetherTech Raceway Laguna Seca: 15.3 mi
- Miller Red Barn: 15.9 mi
- Island Beach: 11.0 mi
- Jetty Beach: 11.2 mi
- North Marina: 12.8 mi
- Marina State Beach: 12.8 mi
- Palm Beach: 14.3 mi
- If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 9.0 mi
- Motorcycle from license plates: 10.7 mi
- Motorcycle from chains: 10.7 mi
- Jesus Statue: 12.8 mi
- Mural Gilroy the City of Garlic: 16.6 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 7.5 mi
- Yorktown community garden: 12.0 mi
- Sunnyslope Garden: 12.7 mi
- Garden Essential: 14.7 mi
- Camellia Garden: 16.4 mi
- Bonfante Falls: 16.4 mi
- Fern Falls: 23.0 mi
- Triple Falls: 24.1 mi
- Fairy Falls: 24.2 mi
- Five Finger Falls: 24.4 mi
- Horseshoe Spring: 8.6 mi
- El Pajaro Springs: 10.0 mi
- Stone Spring: 18.1 mi
- Mistletoe Spring: 23.6 mi
- Willson Camp Quartz Spring: 23.7 mi
- Cavalry Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Swanson Bluff: 16.1 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 24.1 mi
- Point Pinos Lighthouse: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Sugarloaf Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henrietta Peak | ENE 65° | 1,095 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mount Toro | S 183° | 1,081 m | 16.8 mi |
| Mount Johnson | SE 125° | 1,048 m | 19.0 mi |
| McPhails Peak | ESE 121° | 1,016 m | 14.8 mi |
| Mount Harlan | ESE 115° | 991 m | 11.6 mi |
| Antimony Peak | ENE 61° | 990 m | 22.9 mi |
| Fremont Peak | E 99° | 966 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Reynolds | SE 126° | 961 m | 21.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:51 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:14 | 16:54 |
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 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salinas AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 235673 — Sugarloaf Peak, Monterey County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358776773
Day trips start here
- San Juan Bautista · 6 mi
- Salinas · 7 mi
- Moss Landing · 11 mi
- Hollister · 12 mi
- Marina · 13 mi
- Watsonville · 14 mi
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