Thorndyke Top
Thorndyke Top rises to 385 m in California. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Salmon Creek Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 0.3 miles off. 120 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49083289, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 385 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
- 1.2 mi off the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Breaker Point · 3 mi
- Point Sierra Nevada · 3 mi
- Seal Point · 11 mi
- Elephant Seal Vista Point · 11 mi
120 named places within 25 miles
- Salmon Cone: 0.7 mi
- Mount Mars: 0.7 mi
- Salmon Head: 1.3 mi
- Soda 2: 2.0 mi
- Silver Peak: 2.6 mi
- Pacific Valley Drinking Fountain (disused): 8.5 mi
- Drinking Fountain (abandoned): 16.1 mi
- Nacimiento Grizzly Bend: 17.1 mi
- The Narrows: 17.2 mi
- South Shore Nacimiento Lake: 18.1 mi
- Silver Peak Wilderness: 4.7 mi
- Piedras Blancas State Marine Conservation Area: 8.8 mi
- Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve: 9.4 mi
- Piedras Blancas Light Station Outstanding Natural Area: 10.7 mi
- Cambria State Marine Conservation Area: 19.8 mi
- Dutra Spring: 2.1 mi
- Buckeye Spring: 2.4 mi
- Lottie Potrero Spring: 5.7 mi
- School Spring: 6.0 mi
- Basket Spring: 6.8 mi
- Salmon Creek Falls: 0.4 mi
- Upper Salmon Creek Falls: 1.6 mi
- Manning Falls: 1.6 mi
- Jewel Falls: 4.0 mi
- Three Troughs Falls: 14.9 mi
- Hearst San Simeon State Historic Monument: 14.1 mi
- Pa-nu Cultural Preserve: 19.4 mi
- San Simeon Beach State Park: 20.4 mi
- Moon Stone Beach Park: 21.7 mi
- Shamel Park: 21.8 mi
- Willow Creek Picnic Ground: 8.3 mi
- Sand Dollar Picnic Area and Beach: 10.0 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 14.2 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach: 10.2 mi
- William Randolph Hearst Memorial Beach: 14.8 mi
- Moonstone Beach: 21.1 mi
- Sculptures of the Goddess Sekhmet: 13.5 mi
- Father Junipero Serra: 15.3 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 22.6 mi
- Hearst Castle: 13.5 mi
- Limekilns: 17.0 mi
- Coastal Discovery Center: 14.8 mi
- Cambria Historical Museum: 22.9 mi
- Piedras Blancas Light Station: 10.7 mi
- The Shut-In: 11.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Thorndyke Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | N 351° | 1,784 m | 23.4 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | N 356° | 1,602 m | 24.8 mi |
| Cone Peak | NNW 334° | 1,572 m | 18.5 mi |
| Twin Peak | NNW 333° | 1,468 m | 18.8 mi |
| Bear Mountain | N 357° | 1,451 m | 24.1 mi |
| Alder Peak | N 350° | 1,137 m | 5.2 mi |
| Slick Rock Peak | N 351° | 1,126 m | 11.9 mi |
| Lion Peak | NNW 329° | 1,102 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:17 | 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 | 53 | 52 | 55 | 56 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 68 | 69 | 65 | 58 | 52 |
| Precip in | 6.0 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hearst Castle, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358795468
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- Central Coast · 20 mi
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