Arroyo Seco Day Use
Arroyo Seco Day Use is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 249 m. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the south-southeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Santa Lucia Adobe, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 12 miles off.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 11.6 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bench · 12 mi
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 12 mi
- Sea Otter Refuge View Point · 25 mi
- Hurricane View Point · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Butte: 4.1 mi
- The Mesa: 6.1 mi
- Pigeon Point: 6.3 mi
- Black Cone: 6.5 mi
- Lost Peak: 6.5 mi
- Patriot Park: 13.4 mi
- Jim Maggini Memorial Park: 14.2 mi
- Hicks Park: 14.3 mi
- Greenfield City Park: 14.3 mi
- Park Greenfield: 14.9 mi
- Ventana Wilderness: 5.1 mi
- Bear Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 6.3 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 11.6 mi
- John Little State Natural Reserve: 11.8 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 12.9 mi
- Quail Spring: 2.8 mi
- Jackhammer Spring: 3.3 mi
- Cahoon Spring: 7.7 mi
- Redondo Spring: 8.6 mi
- Pajaiso Springs: 9.0 mi
- Tassajara Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
- Eagle Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
- Pine Falls: 10.3 mi
- Devil's falls: 10.9 mi
- McWay Falls: 12.1 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 1.1 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 4.2 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Tin House: 11.9 mi
- Tractor: 13.9 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 17.5 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 18.5 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 18.5 mi
- Picnic Area B: 18.6 mi
- Picnic Area A: 18.7 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 5.3 mi
- Devil's Falls: 10.9 mi
- Esalen Institute: 11.7 mi
- Pelton Wheel: 11.9 mi
- Rigdon Drinking Fountain (disused): 13.9 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 14.9 mi
- Resurrection Wall: 22.9 mi
- The Upper Crust: 23.1 mi
- Discovery Wall: 23.2 mi
- Ignorable Cliffs: 23.3 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 13.5 mi
- Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum: 18.7 mi
- Ventana Wildlife Discovery Center: 20.5 mi
- Wreck Beach: 17.8 mi
- Pfeiffer Beach: 18.9 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach: 21.6 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 13.3 mi
- Father Junipero Serra: 19.9 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 11.8 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 18.8 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 19.4 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Arroyo Seco Day Use. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | SSE 152° | 1,784 m | 7.1 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | SE 131° | 1,602 m | 7.2 mi |
| Cone Peak | S 184° | 1,572 m | 12.8 mi |
| Chews Ridge | NW 316° | 1,549 m | 7.2 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | WNW 287° | 1,517 m | 9.2 mi |
| Black Butte | WNW 302° | 1,497 m | 4.1 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | WNW 288° | 1,477 m | 13.8 mi |
| Twin Peak | S 187° | 1,468 m | 12.8 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 | 19:49 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:16 | 16:55 |
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, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/222425864
Day trips start here
- Soledad · 16 mi
- Monterey County · 17 mi
- King City · 20 mi
- Carmel Valley · 22 mi
- Pinnacles National Park · 24 mi
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