Lake Sonoma
Lake Sonoma is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 220 m. Mahnke Peak stands 1,085 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Pritchett Peaks, a peak 1.1 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pritchett Peaks: 1.1 mi
- Oak Knolls: 1.3 mi
- Buzzard Rock: 2.4 mi
- Bummer Peak: 2.9 mi
- Red Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Warm Springs Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
- Furber Park: 4.3 mi
- Vintage Meadows: 5.0 mi
- Tarman Park: 5.2 mi
- Cloverdale City Park: 5.3 mi
- Healdsburg Veterans Memorial Beach: 14.3 mi
- Johnson's Beach: 16.6 mi
- Mother’s Beach: 17.2 mi
- River Bend Beach: 17.4 mi
- Vacation Beach: 17.5 mi
- The Big Brush: 8.2 mi
- The Cedars: 8.8 mi
- Riddell Preserve: 9.2 mi
- Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve: 13.5 mi
- Soda Springs Reserve: 15.4 mi
- Harry and Maggie Wetzel Native Plant Garden: 13.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 13.4 mi
- Rio Nido Community Garden: 15.3 mi
- Creekside Park Communal Orchard and Farm: 19.1 mi
- Robbin Food Forest: 20.1 mi
- Healdsburg Museum: 13.6 mi
- Korbel Museum: 16.5 mi
- Visitor Center: 18.4 mi
- Windsor Museum: 18.6 mi
- Duncans Mills Depot Museum: 19.4 mi
- Fort Ross: 18.0 mi
- Windmill: 18.1 mi
- AIA 25 Year Award: 20.0 mi
- Sheecome Gathering Basket: 23.1 mi
- The Bane Bill: 23.2 mi
- Skaggs Springs: 3.6 mi
- Johnny Brown Springs: 4.9 mi
- Gravelly Spring: 9.7 mi
- Poison Smith Spring: 18.2 mi
- Sulpher Spring: 20.1 mi
- Deadman Cliff: 4.5 mi
- Frog Woman Rock: 12.4 mi
- Osprey Rocks: 17.9 mi
- Ingalls Bluff: 17.9 mi
- Goat Rock: 20.6 mi
- J. Rickards Winery: 6.2 mi
- Real Goods Solar Living Center: 16.4 mi
- Korbel Winery Tour: 16.5 mi
- Iron Horse Vineyards: 21.2 mi
- Sturgeons Steam Mill – Historic: 23.8 mi
- Skyline Trailer: 12.2 mi
- Peace Totem: 18.0 mi
- Arch Tworain: 23.7 mi
- Kali: 23.7 mi
- Donut Diorama: 23.8 mi
- Arched Rock: 21.1 mi
- White Cap Arch: 21.9 mi
- Campo Gianni: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Lake Sonoma. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahnke Peak | NE 52° | 1,085 m | 14.4 mi |
| Geyser Peak | E 80° | 1,053 m | 12.0 mi |
| Monument Peak | NNE 25° | 1,001 m | 13.5 mi |
| Red Rock | NNE 24° | 981 m | 13.2 mi |
| Black Mountain | E 87° | 950 m | 13.9 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NE 35° | 897 m | 10.3 mi |
| Cloverdale Peak | NNE 20° | 890 m | 11.0 mi |
| Big Mountain | WSW 249° | 807 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:13 | 16:55 |
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 | 55 | 59 | 66 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 8.1 | 8.1 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 8.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cloverdale, 5 mi away.
- Tolmie's pussy ears20 obs
- Diogenes' lantern19 obs
- Pacific madrone15 obs
- California Fawn Lily15 obs
- California torreya12 obs
- The Cedars fairy-lantern12 obs
- checker lily10 obs
- scarlet fritillary9 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/195463296
Day trips start here
- Kelseyville · 21 mi
- Lakeport · 23 mi
- Boonville · 25 mi
- Ukiah · 30 mi
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