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Windmill

Windmill from directly overhead

Windmill is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Big Mountain stands 807 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Ross, a historic site 0.2 miles away.

The first windmill in California

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How to reach it

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Coordinates38.51500, -123.24746
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Harold Richardson Redwoods Preserve: 9.0 mi
  • Austin Creek State Recreation Area: 9.6 mi
  • Angelo Boles Memorial Grove: 12.9 mi
  • Vacation Beach Park: 13.0 mi
  • Henry N. Pacheco Memorial Playground: 13.0 mi
Artworks: 46
Beaches: 33
Nature reserves: 24
Historic sites: 21
Gardens: 8
  • Creekside Park Communal Orchard and Farm: 13.3 mi
  • Rio Nido Community Garden: 14.3 mi
  • Ren Brown Gallery Zen Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Inn at the Tides Sculpture Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Harry and Maggie Wetzel Native Plant Garden: 21.4 mi
Museums: 7
Attractions: 7
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 3
  • Gravelly Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Johnny Brown Springs: 15.8 mi
  • Skaggs Springs: 17.3 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Arched Rock: 8.7 mi
  • White Cap Arch: 18.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Campo Gianni: 13.8 mi
  • Oak Savanna Group Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Windmill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big MountainNNE 22°807 m14.6 mi
Mount TomN 1°756 m17.4 mi
Centennial MountainNNE 25°747 m14.3 mi
Crane PeakNNE 15°728 m15.8 mi
Pole MountainE 96°672 m6.9 mi
Buck MountainNNE 13°634 m15.9 mi
Buck KnollENE 62°627 m13.2 mi
High RockNE 37°611 m7.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:25
June solstice05:5020:0220:41
September equinox07:0118:3719:12
December solstice07:2816:1416:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495050525456575858575349
Precip in7.27.05.22.91.60.50.00.10.22.04.28.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Ross, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4641493251

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