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Forrest Deaner Native Plant Botanic Garden

Forrest Deaner Native Plant Botanic Garden from directly overhead

Forrest Deaner Native Plant Botanic Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Southampton Bay Wetland Natural Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
California Dept. of Parks and Recreation
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.06526, -122.19499
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Glen Cove Waterfront Park: 0.7 mi
  • Twelfth Street Park: 0.9 mi
  • Matthew Turner Shipyard Park: 0.9 mi
  • Glen Cove School Park: 0.9 mi
  • Bluebell Childs Playground: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Southern Pacific Ferry Terminal: 0.9 mi
  • Turner / Robertson Shipyard: 0.9 mi
  • The Burlington Hotel: 1.4 mi
  • Port Costa Warehouse: 1.4 mi
  • Site of the First Protestant Church in California: 2.2 mi
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
  • 1958 Carquinez Bridge: 1.7 mi
  • 2003 Alfred Zampa Memorial Suspension Bridge: 1.7 mi
  • City of Benicia Fishing Pier: 2.2 mi
  • bandstand: 2.3 mi
  • Mare Island Preserve Bunker 2;A204: 3.4 mi
Peaks
  • Point Carquinez Overlook: 1.7 mi
  • Bush Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Nadeen Peak: 2.5 mi
  • Suribachi Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Franklin Peak: 3.2 mi
Artworks
  • Benicia Bench: 2.5 mi
  • The Spirit Ship: 3.3 mi
  • Martinez Beavers: 4.5 mi
  • Wooden Eagle: 4.8 mi
  • Elephant Statue: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites
  • Dinoland: 3.7 mi
  • Something Big: 3.7 mi
  • Something Small: 3.7 mi
  • Alice's Enchanted Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Train Station Stop: 3.7 mi
Beaches: 25
Springs: 19
  • Sulfur Springs: 3.3 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Soto Springs: 17.1 mi
  • Peach Tree Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Coffeeberry Spring: 18.1 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Waterfalls: 7
  • Abrigo Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Green Valley Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Haraszthy Falls: 19.9 mi
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 21.5 mi
  • Dawn Falls: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 7
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 4.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Forrest Deaner Native Plant Botanic Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Vollmer PeakS 187°581 m12.6 mi
Chaparral PeakS 187°540 m13.0 mi
Grizzly PeakS 189°531 m12.8 mi
Round TopS 179°531 m14.9 mi
Barberry PeakS 184°513 m13.6 mi
SugarloafN 354°499 m13.8 mi
Volcanic PeakS 181°498 m14.3 mi
Eureka PeakS 184°495 m12.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4719:5620:36
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Red-tailed Hawk92 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard92 obs
  • Toyon84 obs
  • fennel82 obs
  • Monarch76 obs
  • California poppy69 obs
  • Anise Swallowtail66 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay61 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/295600390

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