Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- Joice Island Unit
Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- Joice Island Unit is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Mount Vaca stands 857 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Rush Ranch, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Suisun Hill: 2.2 mi
- Luco Hill: 4.8 mi
- Kirby Hill: 5.5 mi
- Nelson Hill: 6.1 mi
- Red Top: 7.4 mi
- Suisun Marsh Overlook: 3.9 mi
- Jelly Belly: 5.0 mi
- bandstand: 11.6 mi
- Superman Sign: 11.9 mi
- Wonder Woman Sign: 11.9 mi
- Lawler Falls Park: 4.0 mi
- Lawler Ranch Park: 4.0 mi
- Mike Day Park: 4.0 mi
- Heritage Park: 4.5 mi
- Carl E. Hall Park: 4.6 mi
- Passage & Flow: 4.1 mi
- Until Then: 4.1 mi
- "Dixie" the Dinosaur: 11.2 mi
- Elephant Statue: 12.0 mi
- KUIC Sculpture: 12.0 mi
- Fairfield Rose Garden: 5.4 mi
- Pauline Davidson Living Memorial Garden: 5.5 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 7.4 mi
- The Grove: 8.3 mi
- Vacaville's Demonstration Garden: 10.8 mi
- Cordelia: 6.4 mi
- Thompson's Corner Saloon: 6.4 mi
- Rockville Stone Chapel: 7.1 mi
- Birds Landing - Benjamin's Store: 8.8 mi
- Pioneer Monument: 10.6 mi
- Laflin Park Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Upper Vista Area: 10.0 mi
- Parkview Area: 10.0 mi
- Lower Vista Area: 10.0 mi
- Peacock Roost Area: 10.0 mi
- American Armory Museum: 5.5 mi
- Travis Air Force Base Aviation Museum: 7.7 mi
- Western Railway Museum: 8.0 mi
- Pena Adobe Park: 10.7 mi
- Museum of History, Benicia (formerly Benicia Historical Museum): 10.9 mi
- Sulfur Springs: 9.2 mi
- Peach Tree Spring: 19.8 mi
- Soto Springs: 20.0 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 20.6 mi
- Moses Rock Spring: 20.9 mi
- Cement: 7.7 mi
- Ambrose: 10.9 mi
- Eckley: 13.3 mi
- Nortonville: 17.3 mi
- Somersville: 17.8 mi
- Green Valley Falls: 10.9 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 17.9 mi
- Haraszthy Falls: 22.9 mi
- Kite beach: 15.3 mi
- Playpen: 15.3 mi
- Lake Anza Beach: 23.5 mi
- Mitchell Rock: 18.9 mi
- Turtle Rock: 22.2 mi
- Stags Leap: 22.8 mi
- Rest Stop: 8.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- Joice Island Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vaca | NNW 343° | 857 m | 15.7 mi |
| Signal Hill | NNW 345° | 726 m | 13.8 mi |
| Twin Sisters | NW 316° | 659 m | 11.8 mi |
| Mount George | NW 315° | 572 m | 15.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf | WNW 297° | 499 m | 12.2 mi |
| Black Point | S 170° | 492 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mount Zion | SSE 168° | 473 m | 18.3 mi |
| Twin Peaks | SSE 166° | 463 m | 19.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:11 | 16:52 |
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 | 49 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 65 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fairfield, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/601900634
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