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Point Isabel Regional Shoreline

Point Isabel Regional Shoreline from directly overhead

Point Isabel Regional Shoreline is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the east-southeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is North Point Isabel, a park 0.3 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
East Bay Regional Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.89991, -122.32333

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • North Point Isabel: 0.3 mi
  • Albany Bulb: 0.7 mi
  • Albany Neck: 0.7 mi
  • Monterey Park: 0.8 mi
  • Albany Plateau: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Omescape: 0.7 mi
  • Metallica Mansion: 1.0 mi
  • SS Red Oak Victory: 2.3 mi
  • The Mira Vista Rock: 2.8 mi
  • Little Farm: 3.3 mi
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Village Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • AMS Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Urban Adamah: 1.7 mi
  • Blake Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Peralta Community Garden: 2.4 mi
Picnic sites
  • Indian Camp: 3.3 mi
  • Lone Oak: 3.4 mi
  • Meadows: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic area #3: 3.5 mi
  • Stream: 3.5 mi
Beaches: 36
Springs: 25
Waterfalls: 15
Cliffs: 9
Ghost towns: 9
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 12.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 16.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 17.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Point Isabel Regional Shoreline. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Vollmer PeakESE 102°581 m5.6 mi
Chaparral PeakESE 105°540 m5.7 mi
Grizzly PeakESE 104°531 m5.0 mi
Round TopESE 116°531 m7.9 mi
Barberry PeakESE 109°513 m6.4 mi
Volcanic PeakESE 113°498 m7.4 mi
Eureka PeakESE 103°495 m6.2 mi
Redwood PeakSE 125°493 m9.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:21
June solstice05:4819:5620:36
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2216:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515456586163636465635751
Precip in4.84.83.21.60.70.30.00.10.01.42.74.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richmond, 3 mi away.

  • Monarch1,103 obs
  • Anise Swallowtail610 obs
  • Red Valerian536 obs
  • Snowy Egret489 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel456 obs
  • White-crowned Sparrow385 obs
  • American Avocet384 obs
  • Great Blue Heron382 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/10324698

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