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Jack London Cottage

Jack London Cottage from directly overhead

Jack London Cottage is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 222 m. Old Baldy stands 836 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is House of Happy Walls, a museum 0.3 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
222 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.35480, -122.54683

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sonoma Valley Regional Park: 1.6 mi
  • Elizabeth Anne Perrone Dog Park: 2.0 mi
  • Moran Goodman Park: 2.1 mi
  • Bouverie Wildflower Preserve: 2.3 mi
  • Sonoma Botanical Garden: 2.5 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • The Patch: 6.5 mi
  • Gundlach-Bundschu Winery: 8.7 mi
  • Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds: 9.0 mi
  • Welcome to Napa Valley Sign: 9.6 mi
  • V. Sattui Winery: 10.7 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 47
Museums: 39
Gardens: 38
  • Rose Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Sonoma State University Butterfly Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Rohnert Park Community Organic Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Food Forest: 8.4 mi
  • Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center: 8.7 mi
Picnic sites: 33
Nature reserves: 31
Beaches: 21
  • Steelhead Beach: 21.6 mi
  • Children's Beach: 22.0 mi
  • Mother’s Beach: 23.1 mi
  • Alan Sieroty Beach: 23.7 mi
  • River Bend Beach: 23.7 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Sonoma Creek Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Haraszthy Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Linda Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Green Valley Falls: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 2
  • Hunter Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Rattlesnake Spring: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Hole in the Rock: 20.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Jack London Cottage. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Old BaldyN 7°836 m18.0 mi
Mount HoodN 357°833 m7.3 mi
The BeehiveN 9°833 m17.4 mi
Bald MountainNNE 16°832 m7.4 mi
Flat TopN 8°832 m17.5 mi
Mount VeederENE 72°817 m5.6 mi
Atlas PeakENE 67°814 m16.7 mi
Red MountainNNE 16°777 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
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/462437537

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