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Mare Island Preserve Bunker 1;A205

Mare Island Preserve Bunker 1;A205 from directly overhead

Mare Island Preserve Bunker 1;A205 is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Mare Island Preserve Bunker 2;A204, a attraction 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built
1941
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.07564, -122.25842
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Artworks
  • The Spirit Ship: 0.2 mi
  • Wooden Eagle: 1.7 mi
  • Elephant Statue: 4.5 mi
  • Benicia Bench: 5.9 mi
  • Martinez Beavers: 7.6 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Crystal Pointe: 1.2 mi
  • Chapel Park: 1.4 mi
  • Mini Park: 1.5 mi
  • Wilson-Lake Dalwigk Park: 1.5 mi
  • Independence Park: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Galaxy: 2.1 mi
  • Alice's Enchanted Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Dinoland: 2.1 mi
  • Humpty Dumpty's Place: 2.1 mi
  • Something Big: 2.1 mi
Peaks
  • Suribachi Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Vallejo Heights: 2.9 mi
  • Bush Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Nadeen Peak: 4.6 mi
  • Point Carquinez Overlook: 4.8 mi
Beaches: 27
Springs: 23
  • Sulfur Springs: 6.1 mi
  • Worn Springs: 19.1 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Soto Springs: 20.1 mi
  • Peach Tree Spring: 20.2 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Abrigo Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Green Valley Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Haraszthy Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Dawn Falls: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 9
Lighthouses: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 8.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 23.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Mare Island Preserve Bunker 1;A205. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Vollmer PeakS 171°581 m13.4 mi
Chaparral PeakS 172°540 m13.8 mi
Grizzly PeakS 174°531 m13.4 mi
Round TopSSE 167°531 m16.0 mi
Barberry PeakS 170°513 m14.5 mi
SugarloafN 9°499 m13.1 mi
Volcanic PeakSSE 168°498 m15.3 mi
Eureka PeakS 170°495 m13.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4719:5720:36
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2216:1216:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505457606569717171665650
Precip in4.53.63.21.40.80.20.00.00.11.02.24.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vallejo, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 96001058OpenStreetMap
  • National Register of Historic Places — Building H-71, Mare Island, reference 96001058, listed 01/21/97.

OpenStreetMap element node/6056136691

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