The Mesa
The Mesa rises to 807 m in California. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Butte, a peak 2.2 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 8.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Monterey County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49082661, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 807 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 9 mi
- Sea Otter Refuge View Point · 19 mi
- Hurricane View Point · 19 mi
- Bixby Creek Bridge Viewpoint · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Butte: 2.2 mi
- Chews Ridge: 3.0 mi
- South Ventana Cone: 3.2 mi
- Black Cone: 3.8 mi
- Miller Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Cachagua Community Park: 10.0 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Day Use Area: 11.3 mi
- Point Sur State Historic Park: 17.1 mi
- Carmel Valley Community Park: 17.1 mi
- Cesar Chavez Park: 17.7 mi
- Ventana Wilderness: 5.6 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 8.5 mi
- The California Sea Otter State Game Refuge: 9.1 mi
- John Little State Natural Reserve: 10.7 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park: 10.9 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 2.9 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 6.2 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Tin House: 8.4 mi
- Tractor: 8.8 mi
- Tassajara Creek Falls: 3.1 mi
- Pine Falls: 4.2 mi
- Eagle Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
- McWay Falls: 9.2 mi
- Pfeiffer Falls: 11.2 mi
- Pelton Wheel: 9.0 mi
- Esalen Institute: 10.4 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 10.5 mi
- Albino Redwood Tree: 11.9 mi
- Devil's Falls: 13.1 mi
- Quail Spring: 3.7 mi
- Cahoon Spring: 4.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 6.8 mi
- Jackhammer Spring: 7.4 mi
- Lafler Creek Spring: 8.5 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 6.1 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 20.3 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 24.4 mi
- Picnic Area B: 24.5 mi
- Picnic Area A: 24.6 mi
- Ventana Wildlife Discovery Center: 14.6 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 15.7 mi
- Picard Trade Bead Museum: 21.6 mi
- Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum: 24.6 mi
- Wreck Beach: 12.4 mi
- Pfeiffer Beach: 13.4 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach: 24.6 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 6.2 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 9.5 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 13.3 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 13.8 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 18.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of The Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | SE 133° | 1,784 m | 12.4 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | ESE 122° | 1,602 m | 13.1 mi |
| Cone Peak | SSE 163° | 1,572 m | 15.7 mi |
| Chews Ridge | NNE 13° | 1,549 m | 3.0 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | W 278° | 1,517 m | 3.2 mi |
| Black Butte | E 93° | 1,497 m | 2.2 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | WNW 285° | 1,477 m | 7.7 mi |
| Twin Peak | SSE 165° | 1,468 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:18 |
| 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358804400
Day trips start here
- Carmel Valley · 17 mi
- Soledad · 18 mi
- Monterey County · 22 mi
- King City · 26 mi
- Carmel · 27 mi
- Carmel Point · 27 mi
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