Timber Top
Timber Top rises to 931 m in California. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Boronda Ridge, a peak 0.4 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 1.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49083852, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 931 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 4 mi
- Sea Otter Refuge View Point · 14 mi
- Hurricane View Point · 14 mi
- Bixby Creek Bridge Viewpoint · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Boronda Ridge: 0.4 mi
- Mount Olmstead: 1.4 mi
- Michaels Hill: 2.5 mi
- Island Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Anderson Peak: 4.7 mi
- The California Sea Otter State Game Refuge: 2.7 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 4.1 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park: 4.1 mi
- Andrew Molera State Park: 7.7 mi
- John Little State Natural Reserve: 8.2 mi
- Pfeiffer Falls: 4.6 mi
- McWay Falls: 4.8 mi
- Pine Falls: 6.8 mi
- Highbride Falls: 7.5 mi
- Firehose Falls: 8.0 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Day Use Area: 4.4 mi
- Point Sur State Historic Park: 11.6 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse Reservation: 12.1 mi
- Cachagua Community Park: 12.7 mi
- Carmel Valley Community Park: 18.3 mi
- Lafler Creek Spring: 0.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 1.8 mi
- Pat Springs: 10.2 mi
- Quail Spring: 10.3 mi
- Cahoon Spring: 11.5 mi
- Pelton Wheel: 4.7 mi
- Albino Redwood Tree: 5.4 mi
- Esalen Institute: 7.7 mi
- Rigdon Drinking Fountain (disused): 13.2 mi
- Devil's Falls: 13.8 mi
- Tractor: 0.9 mi
- Tin House: 3.2 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 8.9 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 9.7 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 12.6 mi
- Wreck Beach: 4.9 mi
- Pfeiffer Beach: 6.0 mi
- Gibson Beach: 23.6 mi
- Hidden Beach: 23.9 mi
- Weston Beach: 24.0 mi
- Ventana Wildlife Discovery Center: 8.6 mi
- Picard Trade Bead Museum: 21.6 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 23.7 mi
- Whalers Cabin and Whaling Station Museum: 24.3 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 13.1 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 20.4 mi
- Sand Dollar Picnic Area and Beach: 24.7 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 2.6 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 6.0 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 11.8 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 12.0 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 12.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Timber Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | ESE 107° | 1,784 m | 17.1 mi |
| Cone Peak | SE 133° | 1,572 m | 16.7 mi |
| Chews Ridge | NE 51° | 1,549 m | 10.3 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | NE 47° | 1,517 m | 5.8 mi |
| Black Butte | ENE 71° | 1,497 m | 10.1 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | N 359° | 1,477 m | 5.4 mi |
| Twin Peak | SE 135° | 1,468 m | 16.2 mi |
| Uncle Sam Mountain | N 3° | 1,445 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:50 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358808818
Day trips start here
- Carmel Valley · 18 mi
- Carmel · 26 mi
- Carmel Point · 26 mi
- Soledad · 26 mi
- Monterey · 28 mi
- Seaside · 28 mi
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