Artwork · California
Pale Blue Dots
Pale Blue Dots is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Mount Hood stands 833 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Railroad Forest, a park 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
Coordinates38.40132, -122.81951
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Railroad Forest: 0.1 mi
- Tomodachi Park: 0.1 mi
- Mario Savio Free Speech Town Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Laguna Uplands Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Skategarden Park: 0.3 mi
Artworks
- The Bike Peddler: 0.1 mi
- Sebastopol Tow Truck: 0.1 mi
- Koan: 0.2 mi
- Through Lines: 0.2 mi
- Hábitat: 0.2 mi
Peaks
- English Hill: 4.4 mi
- Mount Pisgah: 4.9 mi
- Vine Hill: 5.6 mi
- Cooks Peak: 7.7 mi
- Taylor Mountain: 7.8 mi
Historic sites: 48
- Joe Rodota Trail: 0.1 mi
- Railcar: 0.2 mi
- Living Peace Wall: 0.3 mi
- Votes For Women: 0.3 mi
- Ives Bathhouse: 0.4 mi
Attractions: 42
- Duckworth Family Farm: 3.8 mi
- Sturgeons Steam Mill – Historic: 4.4 mi
- Santa Rosa Pumpkin Patch: 5.3 mi
- Iron Horse Vineyards: 5.7 mi
- Korbel Winery Tour: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 42
- Steelhead Beach: 8.1 mi
- Children's Beach: 8.4 mi
- Mother’s Beach: 9.4 mi
- River Bend Beach: 9.6 mi
- Monte Rio Community Beach: 11.2 mi
Gardens: 34
- Ragle Ranch Peace Garden: 1.5 mi
- Stony Point Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- May Garden: 4.5 mi
- Bayer Garden: 5.2 mi
- Hyatt Hotel Gardens: 6.0 mi
Museums: 33
- West County Museum: 0.2 mi
- Children's Museum of Sonoma County: 6.1 mi
- Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center: 6.1 mi
- Sonoma County Museum: 6.1 mi
- Sonoma County Art Museum: 6.2 mi
Nature reserves: 27
Picnic sites: 11
- Oak Savanna Group Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
- Birthday Party Area: 8.9 mi
- Campo Gianni: 10.8 mi
- Creekside Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Lawson Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Osprey Rocks: 12.3 mi
- Tomales Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Goat Rock: 16.9 mi
- Sunset Point: 22.1 mi
- Ingalls Bluff: 22.5 mi
Springs: 4
- Hunter Spring: 10.0 mi
- Gravelly Spring: 21.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 22.4 mi
- Skaggs Springs: 23.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Sonoma Creek Falls: 16.3 mi
- Haraszthy Falls: 23.0 mi
- Linda Falls: 23.0 mi
Natural arches: 2
- Arched Rock: 16.8 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Wingo: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Pale Blue Dots. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hood | ENE 74° | 833 m | 14.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ENE 77° | 832 m | 17.2 mi |
| Red Mountain | ENE 78° | 777 m | 17.1 mi |
| Diamond Mountain | NE 53° | 716 m | 15.8 mi |
| Sonoma Mountain | ESE 112° | 697 m | 14.3 mi |
| McCray Mountain | NW 320° | 585 m | 14.6 mi |
| Red Hill | ENE 69° | 585 m | 15.7 mi |
| Queens Peak | NW 324° | 584 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:00 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:13 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 51 | 53 | 56 | 60 | 65 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 61 | 53 | 47 |
| Precip in | 7.9 | 7.5 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 8.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Graton, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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