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Phleger Estate

Phleger Estate from directly overhead

Phleger Estate is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 391 m. Lookout Tower stands 892 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Huddart County Park, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
National Park Service

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates37.44457, -122.30812
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
Peaks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Fruit Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Panel Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Daffodil Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Knot Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Rose Garden: 1.7 mi
Parks
  • Filoli Estate: 1.7 mi
  • Woodside Store: 2.0 mi
  • Easter Bowl: 2.2 mi
  • Handley Rock Park: 2.6 mi
  • Barkley Fields and Park: 2.7 mi
Museums
  • Woodside Store: 2.0 mi
  • Bill and Jean Lane Education Center: 2.6 mi
  • Carriage Room Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Museum of San Carlos History: 5.0 mi
  • Domin Hoskins Black History Museum & Learning Center: 5.2 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Wing Lam gravesite: 5.4 mi
  • Lemos Farm: 6.0 mi
  • Public Bocce Court: 6.0 mi
  • Long Branch Saloon and Farms: 6.6 mi
  • Arata's Pumpkin Farm: 6.7 mi
Nature reserves: 58
Beaches: 47
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 7
  • Summit Spring: 1.3 mi
  • Summit Spring: 1.3 mi
  • Spring source: 12.1 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 16.9 mi
  • Bulls Spring: 17.9 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 6
  • Aramai Point: 15.4 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 17.3 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 19.0 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 19.2 mi
  • Chab: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Phleger Estate. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout TowerSE 141°892 m17.5 mi
Goat RockSE 144°890 m18.6 mi
Summit RockSE 141°878 m18.2 mi
Varian PeakSE 144°873 m18.2 mi
Black MountainSE 135°849 m12.4 mi
Turtle RockSE 144°812 m15.1 mi
Borel HillSE 145°766 m10.5 mi
Morena SierraS 180°731 m2.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:21
June solstice05:4919:5520:34
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2116:1516:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505255586367717169635449

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodside Fire STN 1, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • California fetid adderstongue583 obs
  • California Banana Slug545 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard514 obs
  • orange bush monkeyflower423 obs
  • Mule Deer357 obs
  • tidy tips349 obs
  • Fremont's Death Camas348 obs
  • Tanoak348 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/295022902

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