Shandon Rest Area
Shandon Rest Area is a rest area in California, at a modelled elevation of 329 m. Castle Mountain stands 1,312 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Crawford W Clarke Memorial Park, a park 2.3 miles away. 98 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
0.9 mi. E. of Route 41 (West)
What to expect
How to reach it
98 named places within 25 miles
- Murphy Hill: 3.7 mi
- Blue Point: 9.9 mi
- Gold Hill: 10.8 mi
- Orchard Peak: 12.7 mi
- Three Peaks: 13.3 mi
- Crawford W Clarke Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
- Barney Schwartz Park: 16.9 mi
- Royal Oaks Meadows Park: 17.2 mi
- Turtle Creek Park: 17.5 mi
- Paso Robles Veterans Park: 18.0 mi
- Ortega Spring: 8.0 mi
- Ellings Spring: 8.6 mi
- Harlan Spring: 11.2 mi
- Willow Spring: 11.6 mi
- Todds Spring: 13.4 mi
- Estrella Warbird Museum: 15.3 mi
- Paso Robles Pioneer Museum: 19.3 mi
- El Paso de Robles Area Historical Society: 19.6 mi
- Paso Robles Children’s Museum: 19.7 mi
- Mission San Miguel Arcángel: 20.3 mi
- Los Padres National Forest: 18.7 mi
- Big Sandy State Wildlife Management Area: 22.8 mi
- James Dean Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Bruce Munro: Light at Sensorio: 15.8 mi
- Franklin Hot Springs: 17.7 mi
- Bill Shepard Native Plant Garden: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shandon Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Mountain | N 1° | 1,312 m | 18.2 mi |
| Reason Mountain | NNW 340° | 1,141 m | 24.2 mi |
| Mine Mountain | NNW 347° | 1,108 m | 20.9 mi |
| Chiches 2 | S 181° | 1,104 m | 19.5 mi |
| Pine Mountain | S 170° | 1,097 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mustang Peak | N 350° | 1,096 m | 21.0 mi |
| Black Mountain | S 181° | 1,089 m | 19.4 mi |
| Orchard Peak | ENE 70° | 953 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:40 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:43 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:13 | 16:52 |
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, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/96026787
Day trips start here
- Paso Robles · 18 mi
- San Miguel · 20 mi
- San Luis Obispo County · 21 mi
- Atascadero · 23 mi
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