- Elevation, modelled
- 1,084 m
- Tallest summit within 16.5 miles
- Junipero Serra Peak1,784 m · 14.8 mi
- Nearest byway
- Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 112.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:28local time
- Coordinates
- 36.3279, -121.5584
Cahoon Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled 1,084 m. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Chews Ridge, a peak 1.3 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 12 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Cahoon Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | SSE 148° | 1,784 m | 14.8 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | SE 138° | 1,602 m | 14.8 mi |
| Chews Ridge | SSW 205° | 1,549 m | 1.3 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | SW 230° | 1,517 m | 5.7 mi |
| Black Butte | SSE 167° | 1,497 m | 4.3 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | WSW 256° | 1,477 m | 9.0 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SE 139° | 1,451 m | 15.5 mi |
| Uncle Sam Mountain | W 276° | 1,445 m | 8.3 mi |
- 12.4 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1National
Overlooks nearby
- Bench · 13 mi
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 13 mi
- Sea Otter Refuge View Point · 19 mi
- Hurricane View Point · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chews Ridge: 1.3 mi
- Sugarloaf: 2.6 mi
- Poison Oak Hill: 2.8 mi
- Pigeon Point: 3.1 mi
- School Hill: 3.7 mi
- Cachagua Community Park: 7.5 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Day Use Area: 13.5 mi
- Centennial Park: 14.0 mi
- Central Park: 14.1 mi
- Cesar Chavez Park: 14.4 mi
- Quail Spring: 6.6 mi
- Jackhammer Spring: 10.2 mi
- Pajaiso Springs: 10.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 10.5 mi
- Pat Springs: 10.6 mi
- Pine Falls: 5.2 mi
- Tassajara Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
- Firehose Falls: 11.8 mi
- Eagle Creek Falls: 12.3 mi
- Pfeiffer Falls: 13.4 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 6.6 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 8.3 mi
- Tractor: 11.9 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Tin House: 12.4 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 7.7 mi
- Chaparral Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- East Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
- Bear Creek Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Monterey Pines Group Area: 23.4 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 10.1 mi
- Galante Winery: 10.6 mi
- Pelton Wheel: 13.2 mi
- Albino Redwood Tree: 13.9 mi
- Esalen Institute: 14.7 mi
- The California Sea Otter State Game Refuge: 12.9 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 13.2 mi
- Garland Ranch Regional Park: 15.5 mi
- Landels-Hill Big Creek Nature Reserve: 18.0 mi
- Glen Deven Ranch: 19.1 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 12.5 mi
- Ventana Wildlife Discovery Center: 16.1 mi
- Picard Trade Bead Museum: 19.3 mi
- Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum: 24.4 mi
- National Steinbeck Center: 24.7 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 7.4 mi
- Resurrection Wall: 22.3 mi
- The Upper Crust: 23.0 mi
- Discovery Wall: 23.1 mi
- Ignorable Cliffs: 23.2 mi
- Wreck Beach: 14.8 mi
- Pfeiffer Beach: 15.7 mi
- Gibson Beach: 24.5 mi
- Monastery Beach: 24.6 mi
- Hidden Beach: 24.8 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 18.0 mi
- Mural by Hijos del Sol: 24.3 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 9.1 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 15.7 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 24.8 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:50 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:16 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
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, 14 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 406 | 500 | 420 | 236 | 99.0 | 40.7 | 18.6 | 10.0 | 7.4 | 12.8 | 68.5 | 184 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Arroyo Seco NR Greenfield CA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Soledad · 15 mi
- Monterey County · 20 mi
- Pinnacles National Park · 24 mi
- Carmel · 25 mi
- Carmel Point · 25 mi
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