Sandy's Bird Garden
Sandy's Bird Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Spike Buck Mountain stands 1,661 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Giant Flower Pot Sculpture, a artwork 0.1 miles away. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
In memory of Sandy Giuntoli, 1917 - 2009
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Arcata Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Stewart Park: 0.5 mi
- Rotary Park: 0.5 mi
- D Street Linear Park: 0.5 mi
- Fickle Hill: 2.3 mi
- Granite Butte: 4.2 mi
- Pidgeon Point: 6.0 mi
- Cape Horn: 6.2 mi
- Poverty Point: 7.3 mi
- Arcata Community Forest - Sunny Brae Tract: 2.0 mi
- Bracut Tidelands Public Access: 2.9 mi
- Azalea State Natural Reserve: 3.4 mi
- Ma-le'l Dunes South: 3.7 mi
- Humboldt Coastal Nature Center: 3.8 mi
- Natural History Museum: 0.4 mi
- Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center: 0.7 mi
- Phillips House Museum: 0.7 mi
- Humboldt Coastal Nature Center: 3.8 mi
- Blue Lake Museum: 5.4 mi
- Giant Flower Pot Sculpture: 0.1 mi
- APD Mural: 0.3 mi
- AMPT Mural: 0.3 mi
- Buddha Statue: 3.7 mi
- Buddha Head Statue: 3.8 mi
- Shay Park Plaque: 0.7 mi
- World's Tallest Totem Pole: 5.2 mi
- Fishermans Memorial Statue: 5.7 mi
- Bell Buoy: 5.8 mi
- Samoa Cookhouse Circa 1893: 5.8 mi
- Somoa Beach: 6.1 mi
- Clam Beach: 8.9 mi
- Little River State Beach: 10.3 mi
- Trinidad State Beach: 13.9 mi
- College Cove South: 14.0 mi
- McKinleyville Botanical Garden: 5.4 mi
- Sequoia Park Gardens: 6.9 mi
- Humboldt Botanical Garden: 13.0 mi
- Trinidad Native Plant Garden: 13.6 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 15.8 mi
- Red Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Little Head: 13.3 mi
- Elk Head: 14.2 mi
- Table Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Scotia Bluffs: 24.8 mi
- Blue Ox Millworks: 5.1 mi
- Carson Mansion: 5.6 mi
- Sumêg Village: 18.8 mi
- Ferndale Tourist Information Center: 22.0 mi
- Trinidad Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- Trinidad Rest Area: 17.9 mi
- Azalea State Reserve: 3.4 mi
- The Portal: 13.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sandy's Bird Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spike Buck Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,661 m | 23.1 mi |
| Grouse Mountain | ESE 109° | 1,642 m | 23.2 mi |
| Bug Creek Butte | SE 124° | 1,603 m | 21.3 mi |
| Board Camp Mountain | ESE 121° | 1,567 m | 22.8 mi |
| Chaparral Mountain | SE 125° | 1,548 m | 20.1 mi |
| Board Camp Butte | ESE 121° | 1,541 m | 23.6 mi |
| Titlow Hill | E 96° | 1,518 m | 19.9 mi |
| Horse Mountain | E 89° | 1,506 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:11 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:08 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 48 | 49 | 51 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 59 | 57 | 54 | 51 | 47 |
| Precip in | 6.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 8.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eureka WFO Woodley IS, 5 mi away.
- Pacific Banana Slug3,183 obs
- Ensatina2,222 obs
- California Slender Salamander1,502 obs
- Great Egret1,002 obs
- coast redwood869 obs
- Pacific Giant Salamander845 obs
- Green-winged Teal833 obs
- Pacific trillium789 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/900179266
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