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Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- Garibaldi Unit

Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- Garibaldi Unit from directly overhead

Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- Garibaldi Unit is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Mount Vaca stands 857 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- Golden Hills Unit, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.16982, -122.11510

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cordelia Community Park: 1.5 mi
  • Ridgeview Park: 2.1 mi
  • Bennington Park: 3.6 mi
  • Hiddenbrooke Park: 3.7 mi
  • Vintage Green Valley Park: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Cordelia: 3.0 mi
  • Thompson's Corner Saloon: 3.0 mi
  • Rockville Stone Chapel: 5.4 mi
  • Site of the Former Benicia Barracks: 7.9 mi
  • Turner / Robertson Shipyard: 8.2 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites
  • Parkview Area: 5.0 mi
  • Peacock Roost Area: 5.0 mi
  • Upper Vista Area: 5.0 mi
  • Lower Vista Area: 5.0 mi
  • The Grove Area: 5.1 mi
Attractions
  • Jelly Belly: 5.2 mi
  • Superman Sign: 6.7 mi
  • Wonder Woman Sign: 6.7 mi
  • Dolphin Discovery Classroom: 6.7 mi
  • Dolphin Underwater Viewing Window: 6.7 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
Springs: 13
  • Sulfur Springs: 5.4 mi
  • Peach Tree Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Soto Springs: 20.5 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Moses Rock Spring: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Beaches: 7
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Green Valley Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Abrigo Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Haraszthy Falls: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 5.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- Garibaldi Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount VacaN 2°857 m15.9 mi
Signal HillN 7°726 m14.3 mi
Twin SistersNNW 342°659 m9.9 mi
Mount GeorgeNNW 334°572 m13.2 mi
SugarloafNW 318°499 m8.7 mi
Mount ZionSSE 153°473 m19.1 mi
Briones PeakS 183°452 m16.1 mi
Motts PeakS 186°434 m15.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4619:5620:36
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2216:1116:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505457606569717171665650
Precip in4.53.63.21.40.80.20.00.00.11.02.24.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vallejo, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/601754378

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