Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- Golden Hills Unit
Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- Golden Hills Unit is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Mount Vaca stands 857 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Cordelia Community Park, a park 0.8 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cordelia Community Park: 0.8 mi
- Ridgeview Park: 0.8 mi
- Vintage Green Valley Park: 2.6 mi
- Green Valley Lake Park: 2.9 mi
- Bennington Park: 3.3 mi
- Cordelia: 1.8 mi
- Thompson's Corner Saloon: 1.8 mi
- Rockville Stone Chapel: 4.3 mi
- The Grape Crusher: 8.9 mi
- Site of the Former Benicia Barracks: 8.9 mi
- Red Top: 2.2 mi
- Nelson Hill: 2.8 mi
- Sulphur Springs Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Elkhorn Peak: 4.9 mi
- Suisun Hill: 6.3 mi
- American Armory Museum: 4.5 mi
- Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum: 9.0 mi
- Museum of History, Benicia (formerly Benicia Historical Museum): 9.1 mi
- Museum of History, Benicia - Downtown: 9.4 mi
- Benicia Capitol: 9.5 mi
- Jelly Belly: 4.6 mi
- Wonder Woman Sign: 6.4 mi
- Superman Sign: 6.4 mi
- Medusa: 6.5 mi
- Dolphin Discovery Classroom: 6.5 mi
- Peacock Roost Area: 5.2 mi
- Parkview Area: 5.2 mi
- Upper Vista Area: 5.2 mi
- Lower Vista Area: 5.3 mi
- The Pines Area: 5.3 mi
- Passage & Flow: 6.1 mi
- Until Then: 6.1 mi
- Elephant Statue: 6.6 mi
- "Dixie" the Dinosaur: 8.2 mi
- Jesus Crist: 9.4 mi
- Fairfield Rose Garden: 6.5 mi
- Pauline Davidson Living Memorial Garden: 6.7 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 8.6 mi
- Forrest Deaner Native Plant Botanic Garden: 9.0 mi
- Martha Walker Habitat Garden: 9.2 mi
- Sulfur Springs: 6.3 mi
- Peach Tree Spring: 21.7 mi
- Soto Springs: 21.8 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 21.9 mi
- Moses Rock Spring: 22.9 mi
- Eckley: 9.9 mi
- Cement: 10.4 mi
- Ambrose: 14.2 mi
- Wingo: 17.2 mi
- Nortonville: 20.7 mi
- Kite beach: 20.5 mi
- Playpen: 20.6 mi
- Lake Anza Beach: 21.1 mi
- Point Molate Beach: 22.8 mi
- Albany Beach: 22.9 mi
- Stags Leap: 19.1 mi
- Mitchell Rock: 21.2 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 23.0 mi
- Turtle Rock: 24.2 mi
- Green Valley Falls: 7.0 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 16.6 mi
- Haraszthy Falls: 17.4 mi
- Rest Stop: 6.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- Golden Hills Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vaca | N 5° | 857 m | 14.9 mi |
| Signal Hill | N 10° | 726 m | 13.4 mi |
| Twin Sisters | NNW 345° | 659 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount George | NNW 336° | 572 m | 11.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf | NW 317° | 499 m | 7.4 mi |
| Briones Peak | S 180° | 452 m | 17.2 mi |
| Motts Peak | S 183° | 434 m | 16.8 mi |
| Mulligan Hill | SE 143° | 426 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:11 | 16:53 |
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 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 65 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 66 | 56 | 50 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vallejo, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/601836003
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