Lower Sherman Island Wildlife Area
Lower Sherman Island Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Dow Wetlands Preserve, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Dow Wetlands Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve - Land Bank: 6.1 mi
- Big Break Regional Shoreline: 6.2 mi
- Decker Island Wildlife Area: 7.1 mi
- Meins Landing: 7.4 mi
- Casino Building: 1.9 mi
- Riverview Union High School: 2.0 mi
- Women's Club: 2.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Mt. Diablo Coal Field: 6.5 mi
- Sherman Island Park: 2.0 mi
- Prosserville Park: 2.1 mi
- Sixth Street Park: 2.1 mi
- City Park: 2.4 mi
- Fairview Park: 2.5 mi
- Rose Hill: 6.6 mi
- Mulligan Hill: 7.7 mi
- Kreiger Peak: 7.9 mi
- Seeno Hill: 9.0 mi
- Kirby Hill: 10.1 mi
- Laflin Park Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Deer Flat: 12.5 mi
- Mount Diablo Summit Barbecue Area: 12.6 mi
- Laurel Nook Group Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Grapevine Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- The Fisherman: 3.6 mi
- Heritage Plaza: 3.6 mi
- Our Lady of Pittsburg: 3.6 mi
- "Red Salmon" fishing boat: 3.6 mi
- The Steelworker: 3.6 mi
- Babe Ruth Baseball Field: 2.1 mi
- Dragon Roller Coaster: 11.7 mi
- Windy Grove Cars: 11.7 mi
- Tea Cups: 11.7 mi
- Red Baron Airplanes: 11.7 mi
- Antioch Historical Museum: 2.0 mi
- Pittsburg Historical Museum: 3.7 mi
- Clayton Historical Society Museum: 9.5 mi
- Clayton Historical Society Museum: 9.5 mi
- Rio Vista Museum: 10.4 mi
- El Pueblo Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Ambrose Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Communuity Garden: 14.4 mi
- Ruth Bancroft Garden: 14.5 mi
- Horticulture (OH): 14.5 mi
- Peach Tree Spring: 12.7 mi
- Sycamore Spring: 12.8 mi
- Soto Springs: 13.0 mi
- Moses Rock Spring: 13.2 mi
- Burma Spring: 13.2 mi
- Judsonville: 5.9 mi
- Somersville: 6.6 mi
- Nortonville: 6.9 mi
- Stewartville: 7.0 mi
- Ambrose: 7.2 mi
- Mitchell Rock: 11.2 mi
- Turtle Rock: 14.1 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 21.4 mi
- Kite beach: 1.9 mi
- Playpen: 2.0 mi
- Rest Stop: 16.3 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Lower Sherman Island Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | SSW 205° | 1,173 m | 12.4 mi |
| Devil's Pulpit | SSW 204° | 1,110 m | 12.4 mi |
| North Peak | SSW 203° | 1,084 m | 11.4 mi |
| Ransom Point | SSW 206° | 1,037 m | 12.2 mi |
| Mount Olympia | SSW 205° | 898 m | 10.9 mi |
| Eagle Peak | SSW 214° | 722 m | 11.8 mi |
| Red Leg Peak | S 181° | 652 m | 13.1 mi |
| Oyster Point | SSW 192° | 644 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:10 | 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 | 48 | 52 | 57 | 61 | 67 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Antioch Pumping PLT #3, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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