North Farallon Islands State Marine Reserve
North Farallon Islands State Marine Reserve is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of -73 m. Ballou Point stands 612 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Farallon Islands State Game Refuge, a park 3.0 miles away. 98 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife
How to reach it
98 named places within 25 miles
- Drakes Beach: 17.0 mi
- Sunshine Beach: 18.2 mi
- Wildcat Beach: 18.3 mi
- Limantour Beach: 18.6 mi
- Sculptured Beach: 18.7 mi
- Main Top: 6.3 mi
- Tower Hill: 6.4 mi
- Stewart Point: 19.9 mi
- Firtop: 20.2 mi
- Pablo Point: 20.2 mi
- Farallon Islands State Game Refuge: 3.0 mi
- Limatour Estero Reserve: 18.2 mi
- Agate Beach County Park: 19.5 mi
- Bolinas Quail Refuge: 20.2 mi
- Bolinas Community Park: 21.1 mi
- Point Reyes Lifeboat Station: 14.7 mi
- Francis Drake: 14.8 mi
- Francis Drake memorial: 17.2 mi
- Golden Hinde landing: 17.9 mi
- Probably repair location of Golden Hind June 1579: 19.9 mi
- Alamere Falls: 18.1 mi
- Midway Falls: 24.1 mi
- Helen Markt Falls: 24.1 mi
- Cataract Falls: 24.2 mi
- Laurel Dell Falls: 24.3 mi
- Point Reyes Lighthouse: 14.4 mi
- Transformer Building: 14.5 mi
- Power House: 14.5 mi
- Point Reyes Lighthouse Visitor Center: 14.5 mi
- Paint Storage: 14.5 mi
- Bear Valley Picnic area: 21.9 mi
- Redwood Grove Group Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Azalea Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
- Irving Group Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Hunt Camp: 24.8 mi
- Cypress Tree Tunnel: 21.8 mi
- Kule Loklo: 22.0 mi
- Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area: 23.4 mi
- Stinson tree: 23.5 mi
- Point Reyes Shipwrecks: 23.8 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 23.4 mi
- Crystal Springs: 23.5 mi
- Broko Spring: 24.4 mi
- Rock Springs: 24.8 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 24.9 mi
- Historic USCG Boathouse: 14.7 mi
- Bolinas Museum: 21.1 mi
- The Jack Mason Museum of West Marin History: 23.7 mi
- The Phoenix Collection Tea Museum: 24.1 mi
- Arch Rock: 6.1 mi
- Keyhole: 18.4 mi
- Temple: 18.6 mi
- Point Reyes National Seashore: 21.1 mi
- Martin Griffin Preserve: 21.9 mi
- Tomales Bay Ecological Reserve: 23.6 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 23.3 mi
- Vent 5: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of North Farallon Islands State Marine Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballou Point | ENE 69° | 612 m | 24.2 mi |
| Twin Knolls | ENE 67° | 597 m | 24.1 mi |
| Pine Mountain | ENE 58° | 543 m | 24.8 mi |
| Bare Knoll | ENE 71° | 478 m | 24.3 mi |
| Wooded Knoll | ENE 71° | 465 m | 24.2 mi |
| Barnabe Mountain | NE 47° | 447 m | 24.1 mi |
| Cliff Peak | ENE 60° | 430 m | 24.5 mi |
| Liberty Peak | ENE 61° | 430 m | 24.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:59 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:16 | 16:57 |
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 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 63 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 8.8 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 9.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kentfield, 29 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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