Aramburu Island
Aramburu Island is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the west-northwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Brickyard Park: 0.5 mi
- Strawberry Park: 0.7 mi
- Blackie's Pasture: 0.8 mi
- McKegney Field: 0.9 mi
- Bothin Marsh Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Blackie Horse Statue: 0.8 mi
- Tiburon Portugese Mural Wall: 1.0 mi
- Close to the Wind: 2.0 mi
- Coming About: 2.7 mi
- Tamalpais Maiden: 4.1 mi
- Ring Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Kite Hill: 2.0 mi
- Peak 1041: 2.6 mi
- Richardson East: 2.7 mi
- Homestead Hill: 2.9 mi
- Brig Matthew Turner: 1.7 mi
- Slide House: 3.6 mi
- Giant Picnic Table: 3.7 mi
- Historic Bake House: 3.9 mi
- Redwood Tree Slice: 4.0 mi
- Bay Model Visitor Center: 1.8 mi
- Marinship Exhibit: 1.8 mi
- IDESST Sausalito Portuguese Cultural Center: 2.1 mi
- Railroad Ferry Museum: 2.9 mi
- Bay Area Discovery Museum: 3.9 mi
- Lyford's Stone Tower: 3.0 mi
- Old Sawmill: 3.1 mi
- The Rosebowl: 3.6 mi
- Hill 88: 3.7 mi
- Battery Duncan: 3.8 mi
- East Bay #1: 4.4 mi
- East Bay campsite #2: 4.5 mi
- East Bay campsite #3: 4.5 mi
- Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 4.7 mi
- Rifle Camp: 6.3 mi
- Canal Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- Lauren Place: 5.9 mi
- Compton Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- Michelangelo Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- Filbert Steps Garden: 8.0 mi
- Bramble Beach: 1.6 mi
- Schoonmaker Beach: 1.9 mi
- Swede's Beach: 3.1 mi
- San Quentin Beach: 3.7 mi
- Perles Beach: 4.2 mi
- Kent Falls: 4.2 mi
- Dawn Falls: 4.8 mi
- Laurel Dell Falls: 7.4 mi
- Midway Falls: 7.7 mi
- Helen Markt Falls: 7.9 mi
- Old Spring: 3.1 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 5.6 mi
- Colier Spring: 5.8 mi
- Rock Springs: 6.3 mi
- Worn Springs: 6.5 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 4.0 mi
- Vent 5: 6.4 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 6.9 mi
- Rock Fort: 7.8 mi
- Aramai Point: 19.6 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 4.9 mi
- Temple: 17.7 mi
- Keyhole: 18.2 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 5.3 mi
- Quarters A: 9.4 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 9.5 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 7.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Aramburu Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais East Peak | WNW 303° | 784 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Peak | WNW 294° | 778 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais Middle Peak | WNW 299° | 744 m | 5.4 mi |
| Ballou Point | WNW 283° | 612 m | 6.9 mi |
| Twin Knolls | WNW 287° | 597 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | WNW 290° | 527 m | 5.4 mi |
| Bare Knoll | W 278° | 478 m | 6.4 mi |
| Wooded Knoll | W 277° | 465 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 63 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 8.8 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 9.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kentfield, 5 mi away.
- tidy tips643 obs
- cream sacs611 obs
- pitted onion602 obs
- Oakland mariposa lily547 obs
- ruby chalice clarkia512 obs
- Foothill Larkspur446 obs
- Bluff Lettuce412 obs
- sticky western rosinweed402 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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