Artwork · California
The Ark
The Ark is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 60 m. Mount Hood stands 833 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is O'Reilley Tarsir, a artwork 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
Coordinates38.41026, -122.84121
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- O'Reilley Tarsir: 0.1 mi
- National Peace Site: 0.6 mi
- Go Green: 0.9 mi
- Luthur Burbank: 0.9 mi
- Madman with a Box: 1.0 mi
Parks
- Brook Haven Park: 0.6 mi
- Ragle Ranch Park: 0.7 mi
- Luther Burbank's Experiment Gold Ridge road farm: 1.0 mi
- Mario Savio Free Speech Town Plaza: 1.1 mi
- Ives Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
- Mount Pisgah: 3.6 mi
- English Hill: 4.6 mi
- Vine Hill: 4.7 mi
- High Point: 8.0 mi
- Cooks Peak: 9.0 mi
Historic sites: 46
- Veteran's Memorial Grove: 0.6 mi
- Path to Peace: 0.6 mi
- Redwood Memorial Grove: 1.0 mi
- Votes For Women: 1.0 mi
- Service Above Self: 1.0 mi
Beaches: 42
- Steelhead Beach: 7.0 mi
- Children's Beach: 7.3 mi
- Mother’s Beach: 8.3 mi
- River Bend Beach: 8.4 mi
- Monte Rio Community Beach: 9.9 mi
Gardens: 34
- Ragle Ranch Peace Garden: 0.6 mi
- May Garden: 4.9 mi
- Stony Point Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Bayer Garden: 6.2 mi
- Hyatt Hotel Gardens: 6.9 mi
Attractions: 32
- Sturgeons Steam Mill – Historic: 3.2 mi
- Iron Horse Vineyards: 4.4 mi
- Duckworth Family Farm: 4.7 mi
- Santa Rosa Pumpkin Patch: 6.6 mi
- Korbel Winery Tour: 9.5 mi
Museums: 30
- West County Museum: 1.2 mi
- Children's Museum of Sonoma County: 6.6 mi
- Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center: 6.7 mi
- Sonoma County Museum: 7.0 mi
- Sonoma County Art Museum: 7.0 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Picnic sites: 10
- Oak Savanna Group Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
- Campo Gianni: 9.5 mi
- Birthday Party Area: 9.8 mi
- Creekside Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Lawson Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Osprey Rocks: 11.0 mi
- Tomales Bluff: 14.4 mi
- Goat Rock: 15.6 mi
- Ingalls Bluff: 22.2 mi
- Sunset Point: 22.8 mi
Springs: 4
- Hunter Spring: 11.1 mi
- Gravelly Spring: 20.3 mi
- Skaggs Springs: 21.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 22.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Sonoma Creek Falls: 17.3 mi
- Linda Falls: 23.8 mi
- Haraszthy Falls: 24.3 mi
Natural arches: 2
- Arched Rock: 15.5 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of The Ark. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hood | ENE 77° | 833 m | 15.9 mi |
| Diamond Mountain | ENE 57° | 716 m | 16.4 mi |
| Sonoma Mountain | ESE 113° | 697 m | 15.6 mi |
| Pole Mountain | WNW 294° | 672 m | 16.4 mi |
| Buck Knoll | NW 322° | 627 m | 16.8 mi |
| Little Black Mountain | WNW 295° | 598 m | 16.7 mi |
| McCray Mountain | NW 322° | 585 m | 13.4 mi |
| Red Hill | ENE 73° | 585 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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