Willow Peak
Willow Peak rises to 600 m in California. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Bane Spring, a spring 1.8 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 3.8 miles off. 140 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49090260, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 600 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
- 9.2 mi off the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Breaker Point · 11 mi
- Point Sierra Nevada · 11 mi
- Seal Point · 19 mi
- Elephant Seal Vista Point · 19 mi
140 named places within 25 miles
- Alder Peak: 2.9 mi
- San Martin Top: 3.0 mi
- Slick Rock Peak: 4.2 mi
- Chalk Peak: 4.9 mi
- Silver Peak: 5.5 mi
- Silver Peak Wilderness: 5.5 mi
- Bear Canyon Wilderness Study Area: 13.5 mi
- Landels-Hill Big Creek Nature Reserve: 15.3 mi
- Piedras Blancas State Marine Conservation Area: 16.7 mi
- Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve: 17.4 mi
- Old oak park: 20.6 mi
- Hearst San Simeon State Historic Monument: 21.5 mi
- Pine Meadows Park 2: 22.4 mi
- Pine Meadows Park 1: 22.4 mi
- Pine Canyon Mobile Estates Rec Area: 22.6 mi
- Bane Spring: 1.8 mi
- Basket Spring: 2.1 mi
- Buckeye Spring: 5.8 mi
- Redwood Spring: 7.2 mi
- Dutra Spring: 8.3 mi
- Pacific Valley Drinking Fountain (disused): 3.9 mi
- Drinking Fountain (abandoned): 8.6 mi
- Devil's Falls: 13.5 mi
- Rigdon Drinking Fountain (disused): 14.3 mi
- Esalen Institute: 19.5 mi
- Jewel Falls: 4.1 mi
- Manning Falls: 6.7 mi
- Upper Salmon Creek Falls: 6.9 mi
- Salmon Creek Falls: 7.6 mi
- Middle Fork Falls: 9.3 mi
- Limekilns: 9.5 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 18.4 mi
- Hearst Castle: 20.7 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 21.4 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 23.2 mi
- Sand Dollar Picnic Area and Beach: 3.9 mi
- Willow Creek Picnic Ground: 4.1 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 6.8 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 22.2 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 24.1 mi
- Father Junipero Serra: 10.4 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 15.3 mi
- Sculptures of the Goddess Sekhmet: 20.7 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach: 4.1 mi
- William Randolph Hearst Memorial Beach: 22.5 mi
- The Shut-In: 15.2 mi
- Piedras Blancas Light Station: 18.8 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Willow Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | N 355° | 1,784 m | 15.5 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | N 3° | 1,602 m | 17.1 mi |
| Cone Peak | NNW 328° | 1,572 m | 10.6 mi |
| Twin Peak | NW 325° | 1,468 m | 11.0 mi |
| Bear Mountain | N 4° | 1,451 m | 16.4 mi |
| Black Cone | NNW 332° | 1,363 m | 23.0 mi |
| Anderson Peak | NW 323° | 1,249 m | 22.6 mi |
| Marble Peak | NW 323° | 1,223 m | 21.7 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 | 16:16 | 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 | 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, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 253325 — Willow Peak, Monterey County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358795465
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- King City · 25 mi
- Central Coast · 28 mi
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