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House of Happy Walls

House of Happy Walls from directly overhead

House of Happy Walls is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 212 m. Old Baldy stands 836 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Jack London Cottage, a museum 0.3 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
212 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.35668, -122.54096

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sonoma Valley Regional Park: 1.3 mi
  • Elizabeth Anne Perrone Dog Park: 1.7 mi
  • Moran Goodman Park: 1.9 mi
  • Bouverie Wildflower Preserve: 2.0 mi
  • Sonoma Botanical Garden: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • The Patch: 6.3 mi
  • Gundlach-Bundschu Winery: 8.5 mi
  • Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds: 9.3 mi
  • Welcome to Napa Valley Sign: 9.3 mi
  • V. Sattui Winery: 10.4 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 47
Museums: 39
Picnic sites: 39
Gardens: 37
  • Rose Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Sonoma State University Butterfly Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Rohnert Park Community Organic Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Food Forest: 8.7 mi
  • Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center: 8.9 mi
Nature reserves: 29
Beaches: 21
  • Steelhead Beach: 21.8 mi
  • Children's Beach: 22.2 mi
  • Mother’s Beach: 23.3 mi
  • River Bend Beach: 23.9 mi
  • Alan Sieroty Beach: 24.0 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Sonoma Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Haraszthy Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Linda Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Green Valley Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 2
  • Hunter Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Rattlesnake Spring: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Hole in the Rock: 20.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of House of Happy Walls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Old BaldyN 6°836 m17.8 mi
Mount HoodN 354°833 m7.2 mi
The BeehiveN 8°833 m17.2 mi
Bald MountainNNE 14°832 m7.2 mi
Flat TopN 7°832 m17.4 mi
Mount VeederENE 73°817 m5.3 mi
Atlas PeakENE 67°814 m16.4 mi
Red MountainNNE 14°777 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4819:5820:38
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2416:1216:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485154576267707068635447
Precip in5.55.43.81.81.00.30.00.10.11.53.05.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sonoma, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/462437573

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