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Transformer Building

Transformer Building, seen from above at true elevation

Transformer Building is a lighthouse in California, at a modelled elevation of 90 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Power House, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. 244 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.

About

The story

lighthouse in California, United States

Dates from 1870.

Wikidata Q779685, joined on its National Register reference.

The record

What the record says

Built
1934
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.99572, -123.02296
Around it

244 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 58
  • Limatour Estero Reserve: 6.5 mi
  • Tomales Bay State Park: 11.5 mi
  • Second Valley Path and Open Space: 11.6 mi
  • Martinelli Park: 11.7 mi
  • Point Reyes Station Community Park: 12.8 mi
Peaks: 51
Beaches: 35
Nature reserves: 19
Historic sites: 18
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 10
  • Alamere Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Stairstep Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Roy's Riffles: 19.7 mi
  • Little Carson Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Cataract Falls: 21.6 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Cypress Tree Tunnel: 8.0 mi
  • Point Reyes Shipwrecks: 11.7 mi
  • Kule Loklo: 12.4 mi
  • Tule Elk Reserve, Pierce Pt., Pt. Reyes NS: 13.8 mi
  • Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area: 17.1 mi
Springs: 7
Museums: 6
Lighthouses: 5
Gardens: 5
  • San Geronimo Valley Community Garden: 19.8 mi
  • TRACEN Community Gardens: 21.5 mi
  • Inn at the Tides Sculpture Garden: 23.1 mi
  • Ren Brown Gallery Zen Garden: 23.7 mi
  • Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden: 24.5 mi
Artworks: 5
Natural arches: 3
  • Keyhole: 11.5 mi
  • Temple: 12.0 mi
  • Arch Rock: 20.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakE 101°784 m24.7 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakESE 102°778 m23.7 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakE 101°744 m24.1 mi
Ballou PointESE 105°612 m22.5 mi
Twin KnollsESE 103°597 m22.0 mi
Big Rock RidgeE 79°575 m23.2 mi
Pine MountainE 94°543 m20.2 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointESE 103°527 m24.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:5019:24
June solstice05:5119:5920:39
September equinox07:0118:3619:11
December solstice07:2516:1516:57

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505151525355575758565350
Precip in5.36.03.92.21.20.50.10.10.21.82.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bodega 6 WSW, 23 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 3.91 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Point Reyes, CA, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 91001100OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/274178216

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