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Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- West Family Unit

Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- West Family Unit from directly overhead

Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- West Family Unit is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Signal Hill stands 726 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- Garibaldi Unit, a nature reserve 2.8 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates38.13000, -122.10375
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Hiddenbrooke Park: 3.6 mi
  • Waters End Park: 3.8 mi
  • Cordelia Community Park: 3.9 mi
  • Benicia Community Park: 4.3 mi
  • Bennington Park: 4.6 mi
Picnic sites
  • Lower Vista Area: 4.6 mi
  • Upper Vista Area: 4.6 mi
  • Parkview Area: 4.6 mi
  • Peacock Roost Area: 4.7 mi
  • The Grove Area: 4.7 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
  • Museum of History, Benicia (formerly Benicia Historical Museum): 5.6 mi
  • Museum of History, Benicia - Downtown: 6.2 mi
  • Benicia Capitol: 6.3 mi
  • American Armory Museum: 7.8 mi
  • Martinez Museum: 7.8 mi
Attractions
  • bandstand: 6.0 mi
  • City of Benicia Fishing Pier: 6.8 mi
  • Superman Sign: 6.9 mi
  • Dolphin Discovery Classroom: 6.9 mi
  • Dolphin Underwater Viewing Window: 7.0 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Springs: 14
  • Sulfur Springs: 3.4 mi
  • Peach Tree Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Soto Springs: 17.8 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Moses Rock Spring: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Beaches: 10
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • Green Valley Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Abrigo Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Haraszthy Falls: 20.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 3.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Grizzly Island Wildlife Area- West Family Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal HillN 4°726 m17.0 mi
Twin SistersNNW 343°659 m12.7 mi
Mount GeorgeNNW 337°572 m15.9 mi
SugarloafNW 325°499 m11.2 mi
Black PointSSE 152°492 m17.0 mi
Mount ZionSSE 150°473 m16.4 mi
Twin PeaksSSE 149°463 m17.5 mi
Rose HillSE 133°459 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4619:5620:35
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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/601443168

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