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Fifteen Japanese from Yawatahama

Fifteen Japanese from Yawatahama from directly overhead

Fifteen Japanese from Yawatahama is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Grizzly Peak stands 894 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is B Bryan Preserve, a attraction 1.1 miles away. 83 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.

What the record says

Inscription
This monument is dedicated to the fifteen young men from Yawatahama, Japan who sailed 11,000 kilometers across the Pacific in a 15 meter wooden boat to realize their vision of coming to America....

How to reach it

Coordinates38.91433, -123.70989

83 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 24
  • Bald Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Eureka Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Gualala Mountain: 12.2 mi
  • Cold Spring Mountain: 12.5 mi
  • Sugarloaf: 13.2 mi
Beaches: 14
Nature reserves: 12
Natural arches: 8
  • Hitch'n Post: 1.1 mi
  • Point Arena Arch: 2.1 mi
  • Fish Rocks Arch: 10.0 mi
  • Devils Pitchfork: 14.9 mi
  • Wharf Rock East Arch: 15.0 mi
Parks: 8
  • Bower Park: 12.6 mi
  • Children's Environmental Play Park: 15.3 mi
  • Faulkner County Park: 17.5 mi
  • One-Eyed Jacks: 17.7 mi
  • Indian Creek County Park: 17.8 mi
Historic sites: 5
Springs: 5
  • Soda Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Cold Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Three Springs: 12.9 mi
  • Summit Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Laurel Spring: 22.8 mi
Museums: 3
Attractions: 1
  • B Bryan Preserve: 1.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fifteen Japanese from Yawatahama. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grizzly PeakE 80°894 m23.5 mi
Cold Spring MountainNE 53°815 m12.5 mi
Buck PeakENE 78°810 m13.4 mi
Gube MountainESE 102°765 m21.5 mi
Hawk ButteE 84°760 m22.8 mi
Snook MountainESE 103°743 m21.3 mi
Cow MountainENE 57°737 m22.8 mi
Pardaloe PeakE 98°713 m23.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:27
June solstice05:5020:0420:44
September equinox07:0318:3819:13
December solstice07:3116:1516:57

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8736359705

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