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Nice Throw

Nice Throw from directly overhead

Nice Throw is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Mount Hood stands 833 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Sonoma State University green, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

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Coordinates38.34197, -122.67505
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sonoma State University green: 0.0 mi
  • Sonoma Faculty green: 0.1 mi
  • Foot Hills Mini Park / Jasmine Tot Lot: 0.4 mi
  • Twin Creeks Park: 0.5 mi
  • Rainbow Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Attractions: 50
  • Santa Rosa Pumpkin Patch: 3.9 mi
  • Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds: 7.3 mi
  • Duckworth Family Farm: 7.5 mi
  • The Patch: 12.4 mi
  • Sturgeons Steam Mill – Historic: 13.1 mi
Historic sites: 49
Gardens: 42
  • Sonoma State University Butterfly Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Rohnert Park Community Organic Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Food Forest: 1.7 mi
  • Bayer Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Stony Point Community Garden: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 42
  • Steelhead Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Children's Beach: 16.7 mi
  • Brazil Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Dillon Beach: 17.5 mi
  • Pelican North Beach: 17.7 mi
Nature reserves: 41
Museums: 41
Picnic sites: 19
Waterfalls: 7
  • Sonoma Creek Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Haraszthy Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Linda Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Stairstep Falls: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 3
  • Hunter Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Crystal Springs: 22.8 mi
  • Rattlesnake Spring: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Hole in the Rock: 21.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Nice Throw. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HoodNE 39°833 m10.5 mi
Bald MountainNE 48°832 m12.0 mi
Mount VeederENE 78°817 m12.6 mi
Red MountainNE 49°777 m11.8 mi
Diamond MountainNNE 19°716 m14.5 mi
Mount Saint JohnENE 60°713 m13.4 mi
Sonoma MountainESE 104°697 m5.6 mi
Bismark KnobE 85°694 m12.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4819:5920:38
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2516:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485153566064676767625448
Precip in4.85.23.31.70.90.30.00.00.11.32.75.2

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13384717354

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