Helen Putnam Regional Park
Helen Putnam Regional Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 146 m. Mount Hood stands 833 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Helen Putnam, a picnic site 0.5 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 146 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- McNear Park: 1.1 mi
- Liberty Park: 1.3 mi
- Westridge Os: 1.3 mi
- Westridge Park & Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Oak Hill Park: 1.3 mi
- Down the Rabbit Hole: 1.4 mi
- Plug: 1.6 mi
- Welcome to Petaluma: 2.5 mi
- Sonoma: 2.5 mi
- Bacon and Eggs: 8.5 mi
- Steamer Gold Wreck: 1.8 mi
- Bryan Cacy: 3.2 mi
- Rancho Petaluma Adobe: 4.7 mi
- CPO Academy 1.5 mile turnaround: 7.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Building: 7.7 mi
- Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds: 2.2 mi
- Santa Rosa Pumpkin Patch: 10.4 mi
- The Patch: 12.3 mi
- Duckworth Family Farm: 12.3 mi
- Point Reyes Shipwrecks: 13.4 mi
- Antonio Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Red Hill: 4.8 mi
- Hammock Hill: 5.2 mi
- Wiggins Hill: 5.5 mi
- Meacham Hill: 5.9 mi
- Petaluma Marsh Expansion Site: 5.2 mi
- Mount Burdell Open Space Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Rush Creek Open Space Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Novato Lands 005: 9.3 mi
- Fairfield Osborn Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Helen Putnam: 0.5 mi
- McNear Park: 1.1 mi
- Creekside Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Marinwood Community Center Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- Azalea Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- Petaluma Historical Museum and Library: 1.4 mi
- Marin Museum of the American Indian: 7.6 mi
- Novato History Museum: 9.1 mi
- California Missions Museum: 10.7 mi
- North Bay Air Museum: 10.9 mi
- McNear Community Gardens: 1.2 mi
- TRACEN Community Gardens: 7.6 mi
- Food Forest: 7.6 mi
- Sonoma State University Butterfly Garden: 8.7 mi
- Rohnert Park Community Organic Garden: 9.5 mi
- Alan Sieroty Beach: 12.9 mi
- Chicken Ranch Beach: 13.6 mi
- Teachers Beach: 13.6 mi
- Shell Beach: 13.7 mi
- Heart's Desire Beach: 14.1 mi
- Buck Gulch Falls: 11.3 mi
- Stairstep Falls: 13.1 mi
- Haraszthy Falls: 13.9 mi
- Roy's Riffles: 14.1 mi
- Cascade Falls: 16.2 mi
- Hunter Spring: 14.3 mi
- Crystal Springs: 14.5 mi
- Worn Springs: 18.2 mi
- Broko Spring: 19.5 mi
- Colier Spring: 20.1 mi
- Rock Fort: 16.5 mi
- Tomales Bluff: 18.4 mi
- Stags Leap: 23.3 mi
- Vent 5: 23.6 mi
- Keyhole: 18.2 mi
- Temple: 18.2 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 22.9 mi
- Point Reyes Light Station: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Helen Putnam Regional Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hood | NNE 18° | 833 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Veeder | NE 45° | 817 m | 15.9 mi |
| Sonoma Mountain | NNE 31° | 697 m | 8.5 mi |
| Bismark Knob | NE 50° | 694 m | 15.2 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNE 31° | 689 m | 17.1 mi |
| Big Rock Ridge | SSE 165° | 575 m | 11.3 mi |
| Bennett Mountain | N 7° | 573 m | 13.6 mi |
| Pine Mountain | S 179° | 543 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:13 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 51 | 53 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 62 | 54 | 48 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petaluma AP, 4 mi away.
- California Red-legged Frog132 obs
- Western Fence Lizard116 obs
- California poppy114 obs
- Monarch110 obs
- Gopher Snake99 obs
- Western Honey Bee88 obs
- western jack-o'-lantern84 obs
- California Buckwheat82 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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