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Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station

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Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station from directly overhead

Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 409 m. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Desert Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 25 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Claremont Colleges
Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates34.11187, -117.71254

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Desert Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Fan Palm Oasis: 0.1 mi
  • Percy C. Everett Memorial Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Channel Islands Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Mountain Stream Garden: 0.1 mi
Artworks
  • Pomegranate Trees: 0.1 mi
  • Intersections II: 0.2 mi
  • Millard Sheets Art Center: 0.5 mi
  • Scripps Graffiti Wall: 0.5 mi
  • Walker Wall: 0.7 mi
Attractions
  • Tongva Village: 0.2 mi
  • Fairplex Garden Railroad: 3.6 mi
  • Galleano Winery: 12.0 mi
  • Bridge to Nowhere: 12.0 mi
  • River Trails Park: 14.8 mi
Peaks
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves: 57
Picnic sites: 38
  • Site C: 2.1 mi
  • Site A: 2.1 mi
  • Site B: 2.1 mi
  • Site A: 3.1 mi
  • Site B: 3.7 mi
Springs: 33
  • Big Cienega Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Fallen Leaf Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Forked Spruce Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Columbine Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 27
  • Wolfskill Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Canyon Falls: 8.5 mi
  • San Antonio Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Etiwanda Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Norco Bluffs: 14.4 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 14.4 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 14.4 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 14.9 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 9.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount San AntonioNNE 17°3,068 m12.8 mi
West BaldyNNE 15°3,044 m12.6 mi
Pine MountainNNE 16°2,942 m14.5 mi
Dawson PeakNNE 18°2,917 m13.9 mi
Mount HarwoodNNE 21°2,907 m12.9 mi
Telegraph PeakNNE 32°2,713 m12.2 mi
Cucamonga PeakNE 43°2,695 m10.6 mi
Ontario PeakNNE 32°2,640 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:3019:03
June solstice05:4019:2920:06
September equinox06:4018:1618:49
December solstice06:5316:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565660636671767875676054
Precip in2.94.12.11.00.20.10.00.00.01.00.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pomona/fairplex, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard1,003 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel353 obs
  • Western Gray Squirrel334 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel321 obs
  • California Towhee301 obs
  • Western Honey Bee287 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay274 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard249 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/742364712

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