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Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve

Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve from directly overhead

Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve is a nature reserve in California, at a recorded elevation of 396 m. Garrett Mountain stands 1,210 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Grubb Grove, a historic site 1.0 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
396 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.23990, -123.37923
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Eagle Peak: 3.7 mi
  • Impassable Rocks: 5.5 mi
  • Williams Peak: 5.7 mi
  • The Rock: 6.8 mi
  • Irene Peak: 6.9 mi
Parks: 53
  • Pomo Plaza: 8.8 mi
  • Lion's Park: 9.5 mi
  • Low Gap Regional Park: 9.7 mi
  • Low Gap Park: 9.8 mi
  • Todd Grove Park: 10.4 mi
Historic sites: 18
Gardens: 11
  • Vinewood Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Rain Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Rain Garden: 10.9 mi
  • zen garden: 11.6 mi
  • Temple Garden: 13.8 mi
Springs: 10
  • Alder Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Vichy Springs: 12.9 mi
  • Laurel Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Three Springs: 15.8 mi
  • Cold Spring: 16.4 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Museums: 8
Artworks: 6
  • Ukiah U sign: 9.7 mi
  • Tree Carving: 10.2 mi
  • Tree Carving: 10.2 mi
  • Ukiah Valley - Past, Present & Future: 11.1 mi
  • Willits "W" Sign: 14.8 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Oak Grove Day Use Area: 11.0 mi
  • Dogwood Day Use: 11.1 mi
  • Huckleberry Hollow: 11.2 mi
  • Camp 20: 12.4 mi
  • Camp One Day Use: 19.4 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Boater's Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Big River Beach: 22.6 mi
  • Portuguese Beach: 23.1 mi
  • Russian Gulch: 23.6 mi
  • Caspar Headlands State Beach: 24.8 mi
Natural arches: 5
  • Devils Pitchfork: 19.8 mi
  • Wharf Rock East Arch: 19.9 mi
  • Wharf Rock West Arch: 19.9 mi
  • Arch of the Navarro: 20.9 mi
  • Blowhole: 23.9 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Seabiscuit's Grave and Statue: 6.7 mi
  • Ukiah U sign: 9.7 mi
  • Real Goods Solar Living Center: 23.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Chamberlain Creek Waterfall: 15.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Garrett MountainENE 74°1,210 m20.5 mi
High PeakNE 54°1,104 m19.4 mi
Red MountainSE 128°1,032 m19.6 mi
Laughlin RangeNE 44°1,000 m8.3 mi
Kibbey PeakENE 71°989 m19.3 mi
Sherwood PeakNNW 339°977 m20.1 mi
Casabonne PeakSSE 157°930 m12.1 mi
Foster MountainNE 38°906 m17.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5019:26
June solstice05:4820:0420:44
September equinox07:0218:3719:12
December solstice07:3016:1216:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474952566267737269615146
Precip in7.47.05.32.81.70.40.00.10.22.04.18.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ukiah, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • coast redwood96 obs
  • Pacific trillium92 obs
  • Fairy-slipper70 obs
  • giant chain fern59 obs
  • Redwood Sorrel53 obs
  • serpentine snow queen34 obs
  • Threeleaf Foamflower32 obs
  • Warrior's Plume31 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/39370100

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