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Humboldt Botanical Garden

Humboldt Botanical Garden from directly overhead

Humboldt Botanical Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Bug Creek Butte stands 1,603 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Humboldt Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.70094, -124.20398

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fields Landing Coastal Fishing Access: 1.9 mi
  • Table Bluff County Park: 3.6 mi
  • California Coastal National Monument: 3.7 mi
  • Loleta Community Park: 4.3 mi
  • Lundbar Hills Park: 4.5 mi
Peaks: 37
  • Humboldt Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Tompkins Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Pidgeon Point: 7.7 mi
  • Cape Horn: 9.5 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 10.2 mi
Museums: 15
Nature reserves: 14
Historic sites: 10
Artworks: 9
  • Ellis Art & Architecture Supplies: 7.2 mi
  • Following Current Events: 7.4 mi
  • Giant Wooden Cross: 7.6 mi
  • Giant Flower Pot Sculpture: 13.0 mi
  • APD Mural: 13.2 mi
Beaches: 5
Cliffs: 4
Gardens: 4
Attractions: 4
  • Carson Mansion: 7.6 mi
  • Blue Ox Millworks: 8.0 mi
  • Ferndale Tourist Information Center: 9.1 mi
  • The Immortal Tree: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Azalea State Reserve: 16.3 mi
  • Drury-Chaney Trail Head: 21.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Elephant Rock: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Pepperwood Falls: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bug Creek ButteE 91°1,603 m23.6 mi
Chaparral MountainE 90°1,548 m22.4 mi
Mad River ButtesE 90°1,505 m22.3 mi
Snow Camp MountainE 81°1,403 m23.1 mi
Mount AndyE 83°1,192 m21.6 mi
Hansen HillESE 115°1,088 m22.6 mi
Bald JesseESE 122°1,050 m20.2 mi
Iaqua ButtesE 92°1,042 m16.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5319:29
June solstice05:4720:1120:52
September equinox07:0518:4019:16
December solstice07:3816:1016:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F484849515456585957545147
Precip in6.75.65.73.61.70.70.20.20.72.34.98.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eureka WFO Woodley IS, 8 mi away.

  • Pacific chorus frog220 obs
  • Great Egret201 obs
  • Song Sparrow150 obs
  • Pacific Banana Slug141 obs
  • western sword fern138 obs
  • Mule Deer119 obs
  • Black Phoebe115 obs
  • Northern Harrier101 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/11161511489

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