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Arcata Community Park & Sports Complex

Arcata Community Park & Sports Complex from directly overhead

Arcata Community Park & Sports Complex is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Spike Buck Mountain stands 1,661 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Phillips House Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates40.86479, -124.07971

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • D Street Linear Park: 0.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • D Street Linear Park: 0.4 mi
  • Arcata Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • Rotary Park: 0.4 mi
Peaks
  • Fickle Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Granite Butte: 3.6 mi
  • Cape Horn: 5.8 mi
  • Pidgeon Point: 5.9 mi
  • Poverty Point: 6.8 mi
Museums: 17
Artworks: 14
  • AMPT Mural: 0.5 mi
  • APD Mural: 0.5 mi
  • Giant Flower Pot Sculpture: 0.7 mi
  • Buddha Statue: 3.4 mi
  • Buddha Head Statue: 3.4 mi
Historic sites: 11
Beaches: 8
Gardens: 7
Cliffs: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Blue Ox Millworks: 5.3 mi
  • Carson Mansion: 5.8 mi
  • Sumêg Village: 19.1 mi
  • Ferndale Tourist Information Center: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Azalea State Reserve: 3.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • The Portal: 14.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Cold Spring: 19.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Arcata Community Park & Sports Complex. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spike Buck MountainESE 105°1,661 m22.4 mi
Grouse MountainESE 109°1,642 m22.5 mi
Bug Creek ButteSE 124°1,603 m20.7 mi
Board Camp MountainESE 121°1,567 m22.2 mi
Chaparral MountainSE 125°1,548 m19.4 mi
Board Camp ButteESE 122°1,541 m23.0 mi
Titlow HillE 95°1,518 m19.3 mi
Horse MountainE 88°1,506 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:29
June solstice05:4620:1120:52
September equinox07:0518:3919:15
December solstice07:3816:0816:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F484849515456585957545147
Precip in6.75.65.73.61.70.70.20.20.72.34.98.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eureka WFO Woodley IS, 6 mi away.

  • Pacific Banana Slug3,290 obs
  • Ensatina2,350 obs
  • California Slender Salamander1,578 obs
  • Great Egret990 obs
  • Pacific Giant Salamander939 obs
  • coast redwood911 obs
  • Pacific trillium899 obs
  • Green-winged Teal834 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/209263633

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