False Sur – Summit in Monterey, California

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 242166

Location

State California

County Monterey

Feature Class Summit

Coordinates

DMS

36°17'44"N 121°52'48"W

Decimal Degrees

36.2956238, -121.879955

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Point Sur

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Big Sur

4.4 mi ESE

Also Known As

False Point Sur

Hydrography

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Description

2 km (1.25 mi) southeast of Point Sur. (US-T121)

Nearby Features

Sur Breakers Area · 0.7 mi SW
Swiss Canyon Valley · 0.9 mi SE
Sur Rock Bar · 1.0 mi SSW
Point Sur Cape · 1.3 mi WNW
Little River Hill Summit · 1.5 mi NNE
Big Sur River Stream · 1.5 mi SE
Molera Point Cape · 1.6 mi SE
Creamery Meadow Flat · 2.0 mi ESE
Sur Hill Summit · 2.1 mi ENE
Franciscan Rocks Island · 2.3 mi SE

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
Photos (where shown): Wikidata / Wikimedia Commons – individual licenses apply.
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