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Ren Brown Gallery Zen Garden

Ren Brown Gallery Zen Garden from directly overhead

Ren Brown Gallery Zen Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Pole Mountain stands 672 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bodega Bay Sea Gals Commemorative Plaque, a historic site 0.2 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Ren Brown Gallery
Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.33814, -123.04840
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Peaks
Parks
  • Chanslor Ranch Park: 1.1 mi
  • Westside Regional Park: 1.1 mi
  • Carrington Coast Ranch Regional Park and Open Space Preserve: 1.9 mi
  • Shorttail Gulch Coastal Access Trail: 3.0 mi
  • Watson School Historic Park: 6.1 mi
Beaches: 48
  • Carmel Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Portuguese Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Wright's Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Shell Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Dillon Beach: 7.8 mi
Historic sites: 46
Gardens: 28
  • Inn at the Tides Sculpture Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Creekside Park Communal Orchard and Farm: 8.7 mi
  • Ragle Ranch Peace Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Rio Nido Community Garden: 13.2 mi
  • TRACEN Community Gardens: 15.2 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Museums: 15
Attractions: 13
Picnic sites: 7
  • Campo Gianni: 6.7 mi
  • Oak Savanna Group Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Birthday Party Area: 22.0 mi
  • Helen Putnam: 22.6 mi
  • McNear Park: 23.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 3
  • Gravelly Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Hunter Spring: 23.1 mi
  • Skaggs Springs: 24.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Arched Rock: 7.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Ren Brown Gallery Zen Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pole MountainNNW 341°672 m12.2 mi
Buck KnollN 3°627 m18.3 mi
High RockNNW 342°611 m19.5 mi
Little Black MountainNNW 342°598 m12.7 mi
McCray MountainN 11°585 m15.9 mi
Queens PeakN 11°584 m17.1 mi
Devils RibsNNW 340°579 m18.8 mi
Rocky MountainNNE 14°524 m15.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:5019:24
June solstice05:5020:0020:40
September equinox07:0118:3619:11
December solstice07:2616:1416:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505151525355575758565350
Precip in5.36.03.92.21.20.50.10.10.21.82.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bodega 6 WSW, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Gull541 obs
  • Marbled Godwit488 obs
  • Great Blue Heron483 obs
  • Great Egret468 obs
  • Common Loon452 obs
  • Snowy Egret355 obs
  • Willet320 obs
  • Yellow Sand Verbena244 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/1198866009

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