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Railcar

Railcar from directly overhead

Railcar is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Mount Hood stands 833 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is West County Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.

Old railcar along the path of the former Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.40073, -122.82292

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Railroad Forest: 0.2 mi
  • Mario Savio Free Speech Town Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Ives Park: 0.2 mi
  • Tomodachi Park: 0.3 mi
  • Skategarden Park: 0.4 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 47
Beaches: 42
  • Steelhead Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Children's Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Mother’s Beach: 9.4 mi
  • River Bend Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Monte Rio Community Beach: 11.1 mi
Attractions: 38
  • Duckworth Family Farm: 3.8 mi
  • Sturgeons Steam Mill – Historic: 4.2 mi
  • Santa Rosa Pumpkin Patch: 5.4 mi
  • Iron Horse Vineyards: 5.6 mi
  • Korbel Winery Tour: 10.7 mi
Gardens: 34
Picnic sites: 11
  • Oak Savanna Group Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
  • Birthday Party Area: 9.1 mi
  • Campo Gianni: 10.6 mi
  • Creekside Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
  • Lawson Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 4
  • Hunter Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Gravelly Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Rattlesnake Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Skaggs Springs: 22.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Sonoma Creek Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Haraszthy Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Linda Falls: 23.2 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Arched Rock: 16.6 mi
  • Hole in the Rock: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Railcar. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HoodENE 74°833 m15.1 mi
Bald MountainENE 77°832 m17.4 mi
Red MountainENE 78°777 m17.3 mi
Diamond MountainNE 53°716 m16.0 mi
Sonoma MountainESE 112°697 m14.5 mi
McCray MountainNW 321°585 m14.6 mi
Red HillENE 69°585 m15.9 mi
Queens PeakNW 324°584 m15.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4919:24
June solstice05:4920:0020:39
September equinox07:0018:3519:10
December solstice07:2616:1316:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485153566065676766615347
Precip in7.97.55.22.61.40.40.00.10.22.04.48.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Graton, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/699370284

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