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Bodfish Preserve

Bodfish Preserve from directly overhead

Bodfish Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 215 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the southeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Dalewood Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
John Muir Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.90493, -122.17715
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dalewood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Paul Park: 1.9 mi
  • Wilder Park: 2.8 mi
  • Brook Street Park: 3.3 mi
  • Charles Lee Tilden Regional Park: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Lafayette Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Channel Islands Section: 3.6 mi
  • Southern California Desert Section: 3.7 mi
  • Santa Lucia Section: 3.7 mi
  • Franciscan Section: 3.7 mi
Peaks
  • Russell Peak: 2.2 mi
  • Eureka Peak: 2.6 mi
  • Costa Peak: 2.6 mi
  • Lawson Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Vollmer Peak: 2.8 mi
Picnic sites
  • Upper Reserved Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
  • Willows Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
  • Elder: 3.3 mi
  • Arroyo: 3.3 mi
  • Laurel: 3.3 mi
Museums
Attractions
Beaches: 33
Springs: 26
  • Sulfur Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Soto Springs: 11.5 mi
  • Peach Tree Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Coffeeberry Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Moses Rock Spring: 12.4 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Waterfalls: 10
Cliffs: 8
Lighthouses: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 13.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 20.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Bodfish Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock 2SE 134°617 m8.9 mi
Vollmer PeakWSW 239°581 m2.8 mi
Las Trampas PeakSE 129°557 m7.9 mi
Vail PeakSE 129°545 m8.8 mi
Chaparral PeakSW 234°540 m3.1 mi
Grizzly PeakWSW 243°531 m3.5 mi
Round TopSSW 193°531 m3.9 mi
Eagle PeakSE 128°524 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4719:5620:35
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:2216:1216:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515355576063646465635651
Precip in4.85.13.81.80.80.30.00.10.11.22.75.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Berkeley, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/665466635

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