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Garaventa Wetlands Preserve

Garaventa Wetlands Preserve from directly overhead

Garaventa Wetlands Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 163 m. Eylar Mountain stands 1,224 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Altamont Creek Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Livermore Area Recreation & Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.72572, -121.72139
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Wine Country Stone Monument: 3.0 mi
  • Historic Stone Walkway: 3.0 mi
  • Livermore City Foundation Spot: 3.0 mi
  • Mills Square Park: 3.9 mi
  • Livermorium: 4.0 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites
  • John C. Calhoun Memorial Table: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Lichen Bark: 10.2 mi
  • Covered picnic zone: 10.7 mi
  • Group picnic zone: 10.7 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves: 59
Artworks: 46
  • Influx: 1.6 mi
  • Elatus: 7.5 mi
  • Wallis Ranch Water Tower: 8.2 mi
  • Tassajara Road Gear Sculpture: 8.2 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 9.8 mi
Museums: 37
Gardens: 24
Springs: 18
  • Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Sycamore Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 11.3 mi
  • Eugene Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 13.6 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 6
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 7.1 mi
  • The Bluff: 15.4 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 15.6 mi
  • Mitchell Rock: 17.9 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 18.7 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Niles beach: 18.5 mi
  • Kite beach: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Garaventa Wetlands Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eylar MountainSSE 152°1,224 m19.4 mi
Mount DiabloNW 316°1,173 m15.1 mi
Rose PeakS 181°1,163 m14.8 mi
Mount LewisS 173°1,136 m17.1 mi
Cedar MountainSSE 151°1,118 m13.1 mi
Devil's PulpitNW 316°1,110 m15.0 mi
North PeakNW 320°1,084 m15.1 mi
Lookout PointSSE 168°1,051 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:19
June solstice05:4619:5420:33
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:1916:1116:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155586369737370645448
Precip in2.82.72.21.10.50.10.00.00.10.81.52.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livermore, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/687918944

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