Nature reserve · California

Tern Nesting

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Tern Nesting from directly overhead

Tern Nesting is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the east, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Brooks Island Regional Preserve, a park 0.1 miles away.

Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates37.89984, -122.35997

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Brooks Island Regional Preserve: 0.1 mi
Lucretia Edwards Park: 0.8 mi
Richmond Bay Trail: 1.0 mi
Ferry Point: 1.7 mi
George Miller Junior Memorial Regional Shoreline: 1.8 mi

Attractions

SS Red Oak Victory: 0.5 mi
Omescape: 2.7 mi
Metallica Mansion: 3.0 mi
The Mira Vista Rock: 3.7 mi
North Richmond Ballpark: 4.2 mi

Museums

Rosie the Riveter Visitor Center: 0.7 mi
Golden State Model Railroad Museum: 1.7 mi
Eames Institute: 2.1 mi
Internet Archive - Physical Archive: 2.2 mi
Point Richmond History Association Museum: 2.3 mi

Historic sites

Rosie the Riveter Memorial: 1.2 mi
Brick Kilns: 1.4 mi
Rancho San Pablo-Rancho San Antonio boundary marker: 3.2 mi
Farms: In West Berkeley?: 4.1 mi
Rancho Codornices: 4.1 mi

Picnic sites

Killdeer Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
Camp Elderberry: 4.2 mi
Camp Buckeye: 4.2 mi
Camp Alvarado: 4.2 mi
Camp Bay: 4.2 mi

Nature reserves

South Richmond Shoreline: 1.7 mi
Point Isabel Regional Shoreline: 2.0 mi
North Richmond Wetlands: 5.0 mi
North Richmond Shoreline: 5.2 mi
Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 5.4 mi

Peaks

Nicholl Knob: 1.9 mi
Albany Hill: 3.0 mi
Clinton Hill: 3.3 mi
William Rust Summit: 4.2 mi
Mount Caroline Livermore: 4.7 mi

Artworks

Water Goddess: 2.0 mi
Life: 2.0 mi
Mad Mark's Castle: 2.0 mi
Covid 2020: 2.1 mi
Mosaics: 2.2 mi

Gardens

Succulent Garden: 2.2 mi
Village Community Garden: 3.2 mi
Urban Adamah: 3.4 mi
AMS Garden: 3.6 mi
Peralta Community Garden: 4.1 mi

Beaches39

Springs25

El Polín Spring: 8.9 mi
El Polín Spring: 9.1 mi
El Polín Spring: 9.1 mi
Old Spring: 9.9 mi
Worn Springs: 12.6 mi

Waterfalls16

Rainbow Falls: 11.0 mi
Huntington Falls: 11.0 mi
Dawn Falls: 11.3 mi
Abrigo Falls: 11.7 mi
Kent Falls: 12.0 mi

Cliffs9

East Slope Badlands: 1.5 mi
Yellow Bluff: 7.5 mi
Rock Fort: 12.6 mi
Vent 5: 14.2 mi
Chab: 17.2 mi

Ghost towns7

Winehaven: 4.7 mi
Lynn: 9.7 mi
Eckley: 13.7 mi
Russell City: 21.1 mi
Wingo: 23.2 mi

Lighthouses3

Natural arches2

Bird Island Arch: 11.0 mi
Temple: 24.8 mi

Rest areas2

Rest Stop: 18.7 mi
Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 25.0 mi

Hot springs1

Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 14.8 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Tern Nesting. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Vollmer Peak	E 98°	581 m	7.6 mi
Chaparral Peak	ESE 101°	540 m	7.6 mi
Grizzly Peak	E 100°	531 m	7.0 mi
Round Top	ESE 111°	531 m	9.8 mi
Barberry Peak	ESE 105°	513 m	8.3 mi
Volcanic Peak	ESE 108°	498 m	9.2 mi
Eureka Peak	E 100°	495 m	8.2 mi
Spiral Knob	ESE 105°	423 m	7.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:14	18:47	19:22
June solstice	05:48	19:57	20:36
September equinox	06:58	18:33	19:08
December solstice	07:22	16:13	16:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	51	54	56	58	61	63	63	64	65	63	57	51
Precip in	4.8	4.8	3.2	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.4	2.7	4.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richmond, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6283463921

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