Camp Roberts Rest Area
Camp Roberts Rest Area is a rest area in California, at a modelled elevation of 171 m. Castle Mountain stands 1,312 m to the east-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Sandy State Wildlife Management Area, a park 0.5 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 27 miles off. 102 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.
8.5 mi. N. of San Miguel
How to reach it
- 26.5 mi off the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Vista Area · 27 mi
- Leffingwell Landing · 27 mi
- View of Hearst Castle · 27 mi
- San Simeon Point · 28 mi
102 named places within 25 miles
- Semas Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Chimney Rock: 11.2 mi
- Tierra Redonda Mountain: 13.3 mi
- Stockdale Mountain: 14.1 mi
- Fair Oaks Benchmark: 14.3 mi
- Big Sandy State Wildlife Management Area: 0.5 mi
- San Miguel Community Park: 7.9 mi
- Jazzy Town Park: 8.1 mi
- Mission Park: 8.3 mi
- Rios-Caledonia Adobe: 8.7 mi
- Rambo Spring: 16.8 mi
- Willow Spring: 17.2 mi
- McMillan Spring: 17.3 mi
- Splitrock Spring: 17.6 mi
- Todds Spring: 17.7 mi
- Bee Rock: 11.8 mi
- New Narrows: 14.0 mi
- Oak Shores Marina: 14.2 mi
- Christmas Cove: 15.8 mi
- South Shore Nacimiento Lake: 17.0 mi
- Camp Roberts Historical Museum: 3.9 mi
- Mission San Miguel Arcángel: 8.3 mi
- Estrella Warbird Museum: 15.3 mi
- Paso Robles Pioneer Museum: 15.5 mi
- Paso Robles Children’s Museum: 16.0 mi
- Big Sandy State Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi
- San Marcos Mennonite Cemetary: 11.3 mi
- Bruce Munro: Light at Sensorio: 15.8 mi
- Franklin Hot Springs: 19.5 mi
- The Shut-In: 21.4 mi
- Three Troughs Falls: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Camp Roberts Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Mountain | ENE 76° | 1,312 m | 24.8 mi |
| Smith Mountain | NNE 32° | 1,188 m | 18.5 mi |
| Charley Mountain | NNE 16° | 1,180 m | 20.9 mi |
| Reason Mountain | NE 55° | 1,141 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mine Mountain | ENE 66° | 1,108 m | 20.6 mi |
| Frames Peak | NE 45° | 1,097 m | 18.0 mi |
| Mustang Peak | ENE 67° | 1,096 m | 21.7 mi |
| Pine Mountain | WSW 239° | 1,093 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:45 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:14 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 63 | 69 | 73 | 74 | 70 | 62 | 53 | 47 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paso Robles Muni AP, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/96026756
Day trips start here
- San Miguel · 8 mi
- Paso Robles · 16 mi
- Central Coast · 25 mi
- Atascadero · 26 mi
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