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Bear Flag Monument

Bear Flag Monument is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Mount Hood stands 833 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Toscano Kitchen, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.

The story

Bear Flag Monument (also known as Raising of the Bear Flag) is a public artwork located at the Sonoma Plaza in Sonoma, California in the United States. A monument to the Bear Flag Revolt, the piece is listed as a California Historical Landmark.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1914.

Wikidata Q17523618, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.29327, -122.45684

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Sonoma Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • Depot Park: 0.2 mi
  • Hughes Park: 0.2 mi
  • Arnold Field: 0.3 mi
  • Field Of Dreams: 0.3 mi
Attractions
  • The Patch: 0.2 mi
  • Gundlach-Bundschu Winery: 2.3 mi
  • Balloons Above the Valley: 8.4 mi
  • Napa Valley Wine Train: 9.4 mi
  • Welcome to Napa Valley Sign: 9.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Stuart Creek Run: 6.2 mi
  • Fairfield Osborn Preserve: 8.3 mi
  • Petaluma Marsh Expansion Site: 10.0 mi
  • Bahia Wetlands: 12.1 mi
  • Bahia Wildlife Habitat: 12.2 mi
Picnic sites: 51
Museums: 46
Gardens: 44
  • Rose Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Nature's Way Montessori School Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Culinary Garden: 9.1 mi
  • McNear Community Gardens: 10.8 mi
  • Martha Walker Habitat Garden: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Haraszthy Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Sonoma Creek Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Green Valley Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Linda Falls: 18.1 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 4
  • Hunter Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Sulfur Springs: 21.6 mi
  • Worn Springs: 23.9 mi
  • Crystal Springs: 23.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 23.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Bear Flag Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HoodNNW 335°833 m12.7 mi
Bald MountainNNW 346°832 m11.7 mi
Mount VeederN 5°817 m6.0 mi
Atlas PeakNE 44°814 m15.1 mi
Red MountainNNW 345°777 m11.4 mi
Diamond MountainNNW 338°716 m18.4 mi
Mount Saint JohnN 359°713 m10.0 mi
Sonoma MountainWNW 288°697 m6.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4719:5820:37
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
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, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/12847880358

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