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Farallon Islands State Game Refuge

Farallon Islands State Game Refuge from directly overhead

Farallon Islands State Game Refuge is a park, at a recorded elevation of -21 m. Mount Wittenberg stands 428 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is North Farallon Islands State Marine Reserve, a nature reserve 3.0 miles away. 48 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
-21 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.74576, -123.05778

48 named places within 25 miles

Beaches: 14
Peaks: 6
  • Main Top: 4.2 mi
  • Tower Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Stewart Point: 22.4 mi
  • Pablo Point: 22.7 mi
  • Firtop: 23.0 mi
Parks: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Arch Rock: 4.2 mi
  • Keyhole: 21.3 mi
  • Temple: 21.4 mi
Museums: 2
Attractions: 2
Waterfalls: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Bear Valley Picnic area: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Farallon Islands State Game Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WittenbergNNE 32°428 m24.0 mi
FirtopNE 42°400 m23.0 mi
Pablo PointNE 53°284 m22.7 mi
Stewart PointNE 55°227 m22.4 mi
Tower HillSE 137°74 m4.4 mi
Main TopSE 141°68 m4.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:24
June solstice05:5119:5920:38
September equinox07:0118:3619:11
December solstice07:2516:1616:58

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

  • Northern Fur Seal12 obs
  • Blue Whale6 obs
  • Tufted Puffin4 obs
  • Cassin's Auklet3 obs
  • Northern Right Whale Dolphin3 obs
  • Scripps's Murrelet3 obs
  • Brandt's Cormorant3 obs
  • Red-necked Phalarope2 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.

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OpenStreetMap element node/358805248

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