Francis Drake memorial
Francis Drake memorial is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Drakes Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away.
A plaque commemorating the June 1579 encampment of the Golden Hinde, a ship sailed by Captain Francis Drake, who named the area Nova Albion. Placed by the Sir Francis Drake Quadricintennial Committee on June 16, 1979
What the record says
- Inscription
- Nova Albion
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Limatour Estero Reserve: 2.7 mi
- Second Valley Path and Open Space: 7.6 mi
- Martinelli Park: 7.7 mi
- Tomales Bay State Park: 7.7 mi
- Point Reyes Station Community Park: 8.9 mi
- Point Reyes Hill: 6.2 mi
- Mount Vision: 6.4 mi
- Mount Wittenberg: 7.6 mi
- Firtop: 10.4 mi
- Black Mountain: 11.3 mi
- Point Reyes National Seashore: 5.0 mi
- Tomales Bay Ecological Reserve: 8.2 mi
- French Ranch Open Space Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Gary Giacomini Open Space Preserve: 15.9 mi
- Maurice Thorner Memorial Open Space Preserve: 16.0 mi
- Drakes Beach: 0.2 mi
- Sunshine Beach: 2.0 mi
- North Beach: 3.5 mi
- Point Reyes Beach: 3.9 mi
- South Beach: 4.3 mi
- Golden Hinde landing: 1.2 mi
- Francis Drake: 2.4 mi
- Point Reyes Lifeboat Station: 2.4 mi
- Probably repair location of Golden Hind June 1579: 3.1 mi
- Point Reyes National Seashore dedication plaque: 8.8 mi
- Cypress Tree Tunnel: 4.6 mi
- Point Reyes Shipwrecks: 7.7 mi
- Kule Loklo: 8.7 mi
- Tule Elk Reserve, Pierce Pt., Pt. Reyes NS: 11.0 mi
- Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area: 13.9 mi
- Historic USCG Boathouse: 2.4 mi
- The Jack Mason Museum of West Marin History: 7.6 mi
- The Phoenix Collection Tea Museum: 14.2 mi
- Bolinas Museum: 17.1 mi
- Marin Museum of the American Indian: 20.4 mi
- Bear Valley Picnic area: 8.9 mi
- Redwood Grove Group Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Azalea Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Irving Group Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Hunt Camp: 15.7 mi
- Alamere Falls: 11.0 mi
- Stairstep Falls: 13.0 mi
- Roy's Riffles: 16.3 mi
- Little Carson Falls: 17.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 18.7 mi
- Whale Ballet (Totem 6 of 8): 20.2 mi
- Scuba Brown: 21.1 mi
- Frolicking Dolphin: 21.3 mi
- Poseidon: 21.3 mi
- Spawn: 21.4 mi
- San Geronimo Valley Community Garden: 16.4 mi
- TRACEN Community Gardens: 17.8 mi
- Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden: 20.8 mi
- Inn at the Tides Sculpture Garden: 21.3 mi
- Ren Brown Gallery Zen Garden: 22.0 mi
- Crystal Springs: 13.3 mi
- Broko Spring: 19.0 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 20.4 mi
- Rock Springs: 20.6 mi
- Colier Spring: 21.1 mi
- Point Reyes Light Station: 3.8 mi
- Paint Storage: 3.9 mi
- Point Reyes Lighthouse Visitor Center: 3.9 mi
- Transformer Building: 4.0 mi
- Power House: 4.0 mi
- Keyhole: 8.7 mi
- Temple: 9.2 mi
- Arch Rock: 22.6 mi
- Tomales Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Vent 5: 21.4 mi
- Rock Fort: 22.0 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Francis Drake memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais East Peak | ESE 108° | 784 m | 22.0 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Peak | ESE 110° | 778 m | 21.1 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais Middle Peak | ESE 109° | 744 m | 21.5 mi |
| Ballou Point | ESE 113° | 612 m | 20.0 mi |
| Twin Knolls | ESE 112° | 597 m | 19.5 mi |
| Big Rock Ridge | E 84° | 575 m | 19.6 mi |
| Pine Mountain | ESE 102° | 543 m | 17.2 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | ESE 111° | 527 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 56 | 53 | 50 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bodega 6 WSW, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4894209895
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