Golden Hinde landing
Golden Hinde landing is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunshine Beach, a beach 0.8 miles away.
Anchor and plaque commemorating Francis Drake's June 17, 1579 sailing of the Golden Hinde into what is now Drake's Cove and the ship's subsequent encampment.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Limatour Estero Reserve: 1.6 mi
- Second Valley Path and Open Space: 6.4 mi
- Martinelli Park: 6.5 mi
- Tomales Bay State Park: 6.8 mi
- Point Reyes Station Community Park: 7.6 mi
- Point Reyes Hill: 5.0 mi
- Mount Vision: 5.2 mi
- Mount Wittenberg: 6.5 mi
- Firtop: 9.4 mi
- Black Mountain: 10.0 mi
- Point Reyes National Seashore: 3.8 mi
- Tomales Bay Ecological Reserve: 6.9 mi
- French Ranch Open Space Preserve: 14.7 mi
- Maurice Thorner Memorial Open Space Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Gary Giacomini Open Space Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Sunshine Beach: 0.8 mi
- Drakes Beach: 1.4 mi
- Limantour Beach: 3.3 mi
- North Beach: 3.5 mi
- Point Reyes Beach: 3.8 mi
- Francis Drake memorial: 1.2 mi
- Probably repair location of Golden Hind June 1579: 2.0 mi
- Point Reyes Lifeboat Station: 3.3 mi
- Francis Drake: 3.4 mi
- Point Reyes National Seashore dedication plaque: 7.6 mi
- Cypress Tree Tunnel: 4.1 mi
- Point Reyes Shipwrecks: 6.5 mi
- Kule Loklo: 7.5 mi
- Tule Elk Reserve, Pierce Pt., Pt. Reyes NS: 10.6 mi
- Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area: 12.8 mi
- Historic USCG Boathouse: 3.3 mi
- The Jack Mason Museum of West Marin History: 6.4 mi
- The Phoenix Collection Tea Museum: 13.1 mi
- Bolinas Museum: 16.4 mi
- Marin Museum of the American Indian: 19.2 mi
- Bear Valley Picnic area: 7.7 mi
- Redwood Grove Group Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Azalea Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Irving Group Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Hunt Camp: 14.7 mi
- Alamere Falls: 10.2 mi
- Stairstep Falls: 11.9 mi
- Roy's Riffles: 15.2 mi
- Little Carson Falls: 16.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 17.7 mi
- San Geronimo Valley Community Garden: 15.3 mi
- TRACEN Community Gardens: 16.8 mi
- Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden: 19.6 mi
- McNear Community Gardens: 21.1 mi
- Inn at the Tides Sculpture Garden: 21.1 mi
- Whale Ballet (Totem 6 of 8): 20.1 mi
- Scuba Brown: 20.9 mi
- Frolicking Dolphin: 21.1 mi
- Poseidon: 21.1 mi
- Spawn: 21.2 mi
- Crystal Springs: 12.2 mi
- Broko Spring: 18.1 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 19.7 mi
- Rock Springs: 19.8 mi
- Colier Spring: 20.2 mi
- Point Reyes Light Station: 5.0 mi
- Paint Storage: 5.1 mi
- Point Reyes Lighthouse Visitor Center: 5.1 mi
- Transformer Building: 5.2 mi
- Power House: 5.2 mi
- Keyhole: 7.8 mi
- Temple: 8.3 mi
- Arch Rock: 23.2 mi
- Tomales Bluff: 14.5 mi
- Vent 5: 20.7 mi
- Rock Fort: 20.9 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Golden Hinde landing. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais East Peak | ESE 110° | 784 m | 21.1 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Peak | ESE 112° | 778 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais Middle Peak | ESE 111° | 744 m | 20.6 mi |
| Ballou Point | ESE 116° | 612 m | 19.2 mi |
| Twin Knolls | ESE 115° | 597 m | 18.6 mi |
| Big Rock Ridge | E 85° | 575 m | 18.4 mi |
| Pine Mountain | ESE 104° | 543 m | 16.2 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | ESE 113° | 527 m | 20.6 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/4894222553
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