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Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- Grey Goose Unit

Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- Grey Goose Unit from directly overhead

Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- Grey Goose Unit is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Mount Vaca stands 857 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Peytonia Slough Ecological Reserve, a nature reserve 2.3 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
California Department of FIsh and Wildlife

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.20320, -122.06635
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks
  • Suisun Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Nelson Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Red Top: 4.7 mi
  • Luco Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Elkhorn Peak: 7.4 mi
Artworks
Parks
  • Mike Day Park: 3.0 mi
  • Allan Witt Park: 3.0 mi
  • Kentucky Street Park: 3.4 mi
  • Linear Park: 3.7 mi
  • Wood Creek Park: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Cordelia: 3.7 mi
  • Thompson's Corner Saloon: 3.7 mi
  • Rockville Stone Chapel: 4.3 mi
  • Pioneer Monument: 9.6 mi
  • William Gordon Huff: 9.7 mi
Gardens
  • Fairfield Rose Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Pauline Davidson Living Memorial Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Demonstration Garden: 6.1 mi
  • The Grove: 8.5 mi
  • Vacaville's Demonstration Garden: 10.3 mi
Picnic sites
  • Parkview Area: 8.5 mi
  • Peacock Roost Area: 8.5 mi
  • Upper Vista Area: 8.5 mi
  • Lower Vista Area: 8.5 mi
  • The Grove Area: 8.6 mi
Museums: 48
  • American Armory Museum: 3.0 mi
  • Travis Air Force Base Aviation Museum: 8.7 mi
  • Pena Adobe Park: 9.7 mi
  • Western Railway Museum: 10.4 mi
  • Museum of History, Benicia (formerly Benicia Historical Museum): 11.0 mi
Springs: 11
  • Sulfur Springs: 8.7 mi
  • Peach Tree Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Soto Springs: 21.9 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 22.3 mi
  • Moses Rock Spring: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Waterfalls: 3
  • Green Valley Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Abrigo Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Haraszthy Falls: 20.1 mi
Beaches: 3
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 8.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- Grey Goose Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount VacaN 351°857 m13.8 mi
Atlas PeakNNW 328°814 m20.1 mi
Signal HillN 355°726 m12.0 mi
Twin SistersNW 321°659 m9.1 mi
Mount GeorgeNW 319°572 m12.7 mi
SugarloafWNW 296°499 m9.4 mi
Mount ZionSSE 162°473 m20.3 mi
Rose HillSSE 148°459 m19.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:20
June solstice05:4619:5620:36
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2216:1116:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495256606571747472655548
Precip in4.75.03.31.50.70.20.00.00.11.12.55.4

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/601900635

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