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Lady Bird Grove

Lady Bird Grove from directly overhead

Lady Bird Grove is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 443 m. Summit Valley Peak stands 1,594 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lost Man Creek Picnic Area, a picnic site 1.4 miles away. 115 named places lie within 25 miles, 45 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built
1969/08/27
Material
stone
Inscription
Dedicated in Honor of Mrs. Johnson by Richard Nixon...
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.30849, -124.02441
Around it

115 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 45
  • Orick Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Rodgers Peak: 10.2 mi
  • Schoolhouse Peak: 13.0 mi
  • Lookout Point: 13.3 mi
  • Wedding Rock: 13.6 mi
Attractions: 14
  • Elk Viewing: 3.7 mi
  • Prairie Creek Visitor Center: 3.8 mi
  • Big Tree: 4.5 mi
  • Corkscrew Tree: 5.0 mi
  • Goldbluff beach: 5.4 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Redwood Creek Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Gold Bluffs Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Agate Beach: 12.1 mi
  • College Cove North: 17.9 mi
  • College Cove South: 18.0 mi
Nature reserves: 9
  • Murrelet State Wilderness: 5.0 mi
  • Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park: 7.0 mi
  • Big Lagoon Forest, East Natural Preserve: 9.5 mi
  • Big Lagoon Forest, West Natural Preserve: 9.7 mi
  • Big Lagoon Forest, South Natural Preserve: 10.1 mi
Parks: 7
  • Big Lagoon County Park: 11.5 mi
  • Yurok Village Discovery Park: 15.4 mi
  • Luffenholtz Beach Access: 19.1 mi
  • Luffenholtz Beach and Topena Point: 19.2 mi
  • Houda Point: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
Historic sites: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Artworks: 3
Rest areas: 3
Museums: 3
  • Patrick's Point Visitor Center: 13.7 mi
  • Trinidad Museum: 18.1 mi
  • Hoopa Valley Museum: 24.4 mi
Gardens: 3
Waterfalls: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • The Portal: 18.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Cedar Camp Spring: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Summit Valley PeakNNE 28°1,594 m23.0 mi
Blue Creek MountainENE 66°1,475 m14.8 mi
Slate Creek ButteE 81°1,475 m18.3 mi
Trail MountainENE 69°1,470 m22.8 mi
Onion MountainENE 73°1,443 m14.9 mi
Bald MountainENE 76°1,347 m24.0 mi
Barren ButteENE 60°1,326 m15.2 mi
Bee MountainE 96°1,325 m15.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:28
June solstice05:4420:1220:54
September equinox07:0418:3919:15
December solstice07:3916:0616:51

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444647495255585957534844

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orick Prairie Creek Park, 4 mi away.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Redwood National and State Parks. Quietest months by visitation: Dec and Feb; busiest: Jun.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3468686131

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