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Martha Walker Habitat Garden

Martha Walker Habitat Garden from directly overhead

Martha Walker Habitat Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Mount Vaca stands 857 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Shurtleff Park, a park 0.8 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Napa Valley chapter of the California Native Plant Society
Access
Yes
Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.27814, -122.24995
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Shurtleff Park: 0.8 mi
  • Magnolia Park: 1.0 mi
  • Camille Park: 1.1 mi
  • Skyline Wilderness Park: 1.1 mi
  • Fairview Park: 1.7 mi
Attractions
  • Fig Tree: 0.9 mi
  • Napa Valley Wine Train: 2.5 mi
  • Balloons Above the Valley: 3.0 mi
  • Paintball Jungle: 6.6 mi
  • Pepper Pond: 6.6 mi
Peaks
  • Sugarloaf: 1.9 mi
  • Home Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Elkhorn Peak: 4.3 mi
  • Twin Sisters: 4.7 mi
  • Mount George: 4.7 mi
Historic sites
Picnic sites
Nature reserves: 46
Museums: 45
  • Napa County Historical Society: 2.4 mi
  • di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art: 5.7 mi
  • The Hess Art Collection: 8.7 mi
  • American Armory Museum: 9.1 mi
  • Veterans Museum: 10.0 mi
Artworks: 41
Gardens: 27
  • Culinary Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Nature's Way Montessori School Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Fairfield Rose Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Pauline Davidson Living Memorial Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Green Valley Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Haraszthy Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Sonoma Creek Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Linda Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Abrigo Falls: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 2
  • Sulfur Springs: 13.8 mi
  • Hunter Spring: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 15.2 mi
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Martha Walker Habitat Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount VacaNE 43°857 m11.5 mi
Bald MountainNW 311°832 m18.7 mi
Mount VeederWNW 303°817 m12.8 mi
Atlas PeakN 357°814 m11.9 mi
Red MountainNW 311°777 m18.5 mi
Signal HillNE 53°726 m11.2 mi
Mount Saint JohnNW 314°713 m15.9 mi
Sonoma MountainW 280°697 m17.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4719:5720:37
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2316:1116:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495356596368697069645549
Precip in5.05.13.71.71.10.30.00.10.11.32.85.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Napa State Hospital, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Menzies' baby blue eyes186 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard171 obs
  • Mallard94 obs
  • orange bush monkeyflower88 obs
  • Acorn Woodpecker84 obs
  • Mule Deer84 obs
  • Wild Turkey83 obs
  • blue dicks77 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1046908880

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