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Wingo

Wingo from directly overhead

Wingo is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Mount Hood stands 833 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is North Bay Air Museum, a museum 1.0 miles away.

ghost town in Sonoma County, California

How to reach it

Coordinates38.22940, -122.44000

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Sonoma Valley Oaks: 3.4 mi
  • Nathanson Creek Park: 3.5 mi
  • Madera Park: 3.7 mi
  • Tolay Lake Regional Park: 3.8 mi
  • Hudeman Slough: 3.8 mi
Attractions
  • Gundlach-Bundschu Winery: 3.7 mi
  • The Patch: 4.6 mi
  • Balloons Above the Valley: 8.8 mi
  • Glass Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Pepper Pond: 9.4 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Museums: 56
Gardens: 47
  • Rose Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Culinary Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Nature's Way Montessori School Garden: 8.3 mi
  • McNear Community Gardens: 10.7 mi
  • Martha Walker Habitat Garden: 10.8 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Haraszthy Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Green Valley Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Sonoma Creek Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Roy's Riffles: 19.2 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 8
  • Hunter Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Sulfur Springs: 18.3 mi
  • Worn Springs: 20.0 mi
  • Crystal Springs: 21.2 mi
  • Colier Spring: 22.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 20.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Wingo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HoodNNW 339°833 m17.1 mi
Bald MountainNNW 347°832 m16.2 mi
Mount VeederN 358°817 m10.4 mi
Atlas PeakNNE 32°814 m18.1 mi
Red MountainNNW 346°777 m15.9 mi
Mount Saint JohnN 356°713 m14.5 mi
Sonoma MountainNW 311°697 m9.8 mi
Bismark KnobN 360°694 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4819:5820:37
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2416:1216:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485154576267707068635447
Precip in5.55.43.81.81.00.30.00.10.11.53.05.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sonoma, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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