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Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve

Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve from directly overhead

Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 108 m. Big Mountain stands 807 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is McCray Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
California Department of Parks & Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.54209, -123.01202
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Bruno Farnocchia Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
  • Riverkeeper Stewardship Park: 2.9 mi
  • Guerneville River Park: 3.0 mi
  • J. K. Wright Playground and Courts: 3.1 mi
  • Henry N. Pacheco Memorial Playground: 3.2 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 39
  • Occidental Veterans of World War 2: 9.8 mi
  • Fort Ross: 12.7 mi
  • Windmill: 12.9 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Grove: 12.9 mi
  • Path to Peace: 12.9 mi
Beaches: 30
  • Johnson's Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Vacation Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Rocky Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 4.6 mi
  • River Bend Beach: 4.7 mi
Gardens: 28
  • Rio Nido Community Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Creekside Park Communal Orchard and Farm: 5.7 mi
  • Harry and Maggie Wetzel Native Plant Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Robbin Food Forest: 11.9 mi
Nature reserves: 21
Attractions: 18
Museums: 13
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 5
  • Gravelly Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Skaggs Springs: 10.5 mi
  • Johnny Brown Springs: 15.2 mi
  • Hunter Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Rattlesnake Spring: 24.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Campo Gianni: 7.6 mi
  • Oak Savanna Group Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
  • Birthday Party Area: 19.6 mi
  • Lawson Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Arched Rock: 9.8 mi
  • Hole in the Rock: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big MountainNNW 328°807 m13.7 mi
Centennial MountainNNW 329°747 m12.9 mi
Pole MountainWSW 246°672 m6.4 mi
Buck KnollNNW 346°627 m4.4 mi
High RockWNW 299°611 m9.2 mi
Little Black MountainWSW 252°598 m6.2 mi
Red HillNW 321°598 m10.9 mi
Lookout RockNNW 327°587 m14.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4919:24
June solstice05:4920:0120:40
September equinox07:0118:3619:11
December solstice07:2716:1316:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495154596470727169635448
Precip in8.08.36.42.91.60.30.00.00.12.24.58.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Healdsburg, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Redwood Sorrel395 obs
  • coast redwood371 obs
  • Button's Banana Slug315 obs
  • Pacific trillium241 obs
  • Tanoak217 obs
  • California Slender Salamander215 obs
  • Ensatina198 obs
  • western sword fern171 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/414302964

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