Fairfield Osborn Preserve
Fairfield Osborn Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 524 m. Mount Hood stands 833 m to the north-northeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Creekside Picnic Area, a picnic site 1.4 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Sonoma State University
- Access
- permit
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sonoma Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Stony Butte: 2.1 mi
- Bennett Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Cooks Peak: 5.5 mi
- Taylor Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Lafferty Ranch: 2.3 mi
- Crane Creek Regional Park: 2.6 mi
- Griffin's Grove Park: 4.2 mi
- Sonoma Faculty green: 4.2 mi
- Sonoma State University green: 4.3 mi
- Nice Throw: 4.3 mi
- Bacon and Eggs: 4.3 mi
- Plug: 7.9 mi
- Down the Rabbit Hole: 8.0 mi
- Welcome to Petaluma: 8.3 mi
- Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds: 7.3 mi
- Santa Rosa Pumpkin Patch: 8.2 mi
- The Patch: 8.4 mi
- Gundlach-Bundschu Winery: 10.6 mi
- Duckworth Family Farm: 11.8 mi
- Jack London's Wolf House: 3.2 mi
- Anne Frank Tree: 4.1 mi
- Peace Pole: 5.6 mi
- THS Peace Pole: 5.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Building: 6.0 mi
- Jack London Cottage: 2.8 mi
- House of Happy Walls: 3.1 mi
- Vallejo Home: 7.9 mi
- Petaluma Historical Museum and Library: 8.0 mi
- Robert Ferguson Observatory: 8.1 mi
- Sonoma State University Butterfly Garden: 4.1 mi
- Rohnert Park Community Organic Garden: 4.6 mi
- Food Forest: 5.6 mi
- Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center: 7.6 mi
- Rose Garden: 8.3 mi
- Stuart Creek Run: 4.5 mi
- Taylor Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Owls Nest Open Space: 9.0 mi
- Hood Mountain - McCormick Ranch Addition: 10.1 mi
- Petaluma Marsh Expansion Site: 11.3 mi
- Steelhead Beach: 19.7 mi
- Children's Beach: 20.1 mi
- Brazil Beach: 21.0 mi
- Mother’s Beach: 21.2 mi
- Tomales Beach: 21.3 mi
- Creekside Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
- Birthday Party Area: 8.4 mi
- Lawson Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- McNear Park: 8.6 mi
- Helen Putnam: 9.8 mi
- Sonoma Creek Falls: 7.7 mi
- Haraszthy Falls: 10.3 mi
- Linda Falls: 16.8 mi
- Buck Gulch Falls: 19.4 mi
- Stairstep Falls: 22.4 mi
- Stags Leap: 16.2 mi
- Sunset Point: 16.4 mi
- Tomales Bluff: 22.8 mi
- White Point: 23.5 mi
- Rock Fort: 24.4 mi
- Hunter Spring: 6.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 22.7 mi
- Crystal Springs: 23.7 mi
- Wingo: 11.6 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Fairfield Osborn Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hood | NNE 16° | 833 m | 8.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNE 31° | 832 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Veeder | ENE 73° | 817 m | 8.4 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNE 32° | 777 m | 8.8 mi |
| Diamond Mountain | N 2° | 716 m | 13.5 mi |
| Mount Saint John | NE 48° | 713 m | 9.8 mi |
| Sonoma Mountain | SE 142° | 697 m | 1.8 mi |
| Bismark Knob | E 83° | 694 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:59 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:12 | 16:54 |
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 | 48 | 51 | 53 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 62 | 54 | 48 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petaluma AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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