- Elevation, modelled
- 724 m
- Tallest summit within 17.9 miles
- Junipero Serra Peak1,784 m · 8.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 19.3 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:28local time
- Coordinates
- 36.2345, -121.5299
Quail Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled 724 m. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the southeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Suzuki-Roshi, a historic site 1.4 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 9.3 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Quail Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | SE 135° | 1,784 m | 8.7 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | ESE 119° | 1,602 m | 9.5 mi |
| Cone Peak | S 172° | 1,572 m | 12.8 mi |
| Chews Ridge | NNW 338° | 1,549 m | 5.7 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | WNW 295° | 1,517 m | 6.6 mi |
| Black Butte | NNW 344° | 1,497 m | 2.3 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | WNW 293° | 1,477 m | 11.2 mi |
| Twin Peak | S 175° | 1,468 m | 12.6 mi |
- 9.3 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1National
Overlooks nearby
- Bench · 9 mi
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 10 mi
- Sea Otter Refuge View Point · 22 mi
- Hurricane View Point · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Butte: 2.3 mi
- The Mesa: 3.7 mi
- Black Cone: 3.8 mi
- Chews Ridge: 5.7 mi
- Lost Peak: 5.9 mi
- Cachagua Community Park: 13.4 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Day Use Area: 14.1 mi
- Patriot Park: 16.1 mi
- Jim Maggini Memorial Park: 16.8 mi
- Hicks Park: 17.0 mi
- Tassajara Creek Falls: 1.4 mi
- Eagle Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
- Pine Falls: 7.9 mi
- McWay Falls: 9.6 mi
- Devil's falls: 10.4 mi
- Jackhammer Spring: 3.8 mi
- Cahoon Spring: 6.6 mi
- Redondo Spring: 7.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 8.6 mi
- Lafler Creek Spring: 10.4 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 8.0 mi
- Pelton Wheel: 9.4 mi
- Esalen Institute: 9.7 mi
- Devil's Falls: 10.4 mi
- Rigdon Drinking Fountain (disused): 12.8 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 1.4 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 2.5 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Tin House: 9.3 mi
- Tractor: 11.1 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 2.8 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 17.5 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 21.3 mi
- Picnic Area B: 21.3 mi
- Picnic Area A: 21.5 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 9.8 mi
- The California Sea Otter State Game Refuge: 10.2 mi
- Landels-Hill Big Creek Nature Reserve: 12.0 mi
- Garland Ranch Regional Park: 21.4 mi
- Glen Deven Ranch: 23.1 mi
- Wreck Beach: 14.9 mi
- Pfeiffer Beach: 16.0 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach: 21.7 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 15.2 mi
- Ventana Wildlife Discovery Center: 17.8 mi
- Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum: 21.5 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 12.0 mi
- Father Junipero Serra: 21.8 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 13.1 mi
- Resurrection Wall: 24.9 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 9.0 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 16.0 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 22.2 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:49 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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