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El Pajaro Springs

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Elevation, modelled
56 m
Tallest summit within 20.5 miles
Loma Prieta1,136 m · 18.7 mi
Nearest byway
Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 126.0 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:30local time
Coordinates
36.9124, -121.6136
El Pajaro Springs, seen from above at true elevation

El Pajaro Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled 56 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,136 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Pescadero Ranch Reserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 26 miles off.

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of El Pajaro Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNW 317°1,136 m18.7 mi
Crystal PeakNW 319°1,097 m18.5 mi
Mount ChualNW 320°1,046 m18.7 mi
Mount HarlanSE 142°991 m18.8 mi
Fremont PeakSSE 151°966 m12.3 mi
Santa Ana MountainE 97°931 m19.5 mi
Three SistersE 94°887 m19.8 mi
San Joaquin PeakE 91°878 m19.4 mi

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites: 58
Gardens: 30
Beaches: 21
Waterfalls: 12
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Natural arches: 1
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:19
June solstice05:4819:5120:30
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:1716:1416:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586367717169635549
Precip in4.54.32.61.30.60.10.00.00.00.91.73.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gilroy, 7 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs43057545323253.018.19.17.06.87.127.0129

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Pajaro R A Chittenden CA, 1 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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