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CSUS Arboretum

CSUS Arboretum from directly overhead

CSUS Arboretum is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Flagstaff Hill stands 432 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Yermol Memorial, a garden 0.2 miles away. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.56494, -121.42889

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • East Portal Park: 0.7 mi
  • Glenn Hall Park: 1.0 mi
  • University Park: 1.1 mi
  • Paradise Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Sierra Vista Park: 1.1 mi
Artworks: 50
  • Chrome Mustang: 0.9 mi
  • Assumption of Mary: 1.9 mi
  • The Crussifiction: 1.9 mi
  • Saint Peter: 1.9 mi
  • The Ten Commandments: 1.9 mi
Historic sites: 45
Attractions: 42
  • Little Saigon: 3.5 mi
  • Sacramento Adventure Playground: 3.9 mi
  • Three Little Pigs: 4.2 mi
  • The Three Billy Goats Gruff: 4.2 mi
  • Mother Goose Stage: 4.2 mi
Gardens: 31
Nature reserves: 19
Peaks: 17
  • Whisky Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Col du Pennsylvania: 9.8 mi
  • Horse Shoe Hill: 14.1 mi
  • Blisk Peak: 14.8 mi
  • Nedbelle Peak: 14.9 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Pooh Corner: 4.3 mi
  • Birthday Area 3: 4.4 mi
  • Birthday Area 2: 4.4 mi
  • Birthday Area 1: 4.4 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Beaches: 5
  • Horse Shoe Hill Shore: 14.2 mi
  • Moot Rock Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Laurel Beach: 14.5 mi
  • Beer Can Beach: 24.2 mi
  • Turrtle Bend: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Leete Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Antelope Creek Falla: 19.6 mi
  • Pecker Falls: 21.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Huff Mineral Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Wetland Preserve: 19.9 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of CSUS Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flagstaff HillNE 53°432 m23.3 mi
Vulture Nest MountainENE 64°400 m24.2 mi
Shirttail PeakNE 49°363 m24.1 mi
Iron MountainENE 57°269 m22.5 mi
Carpenter HillENE 72°253 m18.7 mi
SugarloafNE 39°218 m23.5 mi
Volcano HillNE 49°129 m16.5 mi
Thunder hillNNE 30°129 m19.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:4219:5420:34
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:2116:0716:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495357616874787774665549
Precip in3.93.62.81.40.90.20.00.00.10.91.83.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sacramento 5 ESE, under a mile away.

  • Horse-fly Carpenter Bee1,593 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird1,209 obs
  • Black-chinned Hummingbird880 obs
  • Valley Carpenter Bee611 obs
  • Bushtit540 obs
  • Oak Titmouse364 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco361 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider360 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/492616122

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