Shorttail Gulch Coastal Access Trail
Shorttail Gulch Coastal Access Trail is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Pole Mountain stands 672 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Whale Ballet (Totem 6 of 8), a artwork 2.0 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Sonoma County Regional Parks
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Whale Ballet (Totem 6 of 8): 2.0 mi
- Scuba Brown: 2.1 mi
- Frolicking Dolphin: 2.4 mi
- Poseidon: 2.4 mi
- Spawn: 2.4 mi
- Westside Regional Park: 2.6 mi
- Chanslor Ranch Park: 4.0 mi
- Carrington Coast Ranch Regional Park and Open Space Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Wayside Park: 5.3 mi
- Watson School Historic Park: 5.3 mi
- Bodega Head: 2.9 mi
- Mount Roscoe: 3.2 mi
- Coleman Hill: 3.8 mi
- Sugarloaf: 4.6 mi
- Irish Hill: 5.1 mi
- Dillon Beach: 4.9 mi
- Brazil Beach: 5.8 mi
- Carmel Beach: 5.8 mi
- Portuguese Beach: 6.4 mi
- Driftwood Beach: 7.9 mi
- Robert J. Bugatto: 2.4 mi
- For Fishermen Lost: 2.8 mi
- Bodega Bay Sea Gals Commemorative Plaque: 3.2 mi
- Nicholas Green: 3.2 mi
- Children's Bell Tower: 3.2 mi
- Inn at the Tides Sculpture Garden: 2.4 mi
- Ren Brown Gallery Zen Garden: 3.0 mi
- Creekside Park Communal Orchard and Farm: 10.7 mi
- Ragle Ranch Peace Garden: 11.2 mi
- TRACEN Community Gardens: 12.6 mi
- Duncans Mills Depot Museum: 10.4 mi
- West County Museum: 12.2 mi
- Korbel Museum: 14.2 mi
- The Jack Mason Museum of West Marin History: 16.8 mi
- Pacific Coast Air Museum: 18.1 mi
- Whale Jaw Bone: 2.1 mi
- Whaling Artifacts: 2.3 mi
- Tides Restaurant Original Facade: 2.4 mi
- Tule Elk Reserve, Pierce Pt., Pt. Reyes NS: 8.8 mi
- Sturgeons Steam Mill – Historic: 9.7 mi
- Campo Gianni: 8.7 mi
- Oak Savanna Group Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Helen Putnam: 20.0 mi
- McNear Park: 21.1 mi
- Birthday Party Area: 21.3 mi
- Point Reyes Light Station: 21.3 mi
- Paint Storage: 21.3 mi
- Point Reyes Lighthouse Visitor Center: 21.3 mi
- Power House: 21.4 mi
- Transformer Building: 21.4 mi
- Tomales Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Goat Rock: 11.2 mi
- Osprey Rocks: 11.9 mi
- Arched Rock: 10.7 mi
- Keyhole: 24.7 mi
- Gravelly Spring: 21.3 mi
- Hunter Spring: 22.0 mi
- Stairstep Falls: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Shorttail Gulch Coastal Access Trail. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pole Mountain | NNW 337° | 672 m | 15.0 mi |
| Buck Knoll | N 357° | 627 m | 20.6 mi |
| Little Black Mountain | NNW 338° | 598 m | 15.5 mi |
| McCray Mountain | N 3° | 585 m | 17.9 mi |
| Queens Peak | N 4° | 584 m | 19.1 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | N 6° | 524 m | 17.8 mi |
| Rabbit Knoll | N 1° | 495 m | 20.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNW 330° | 493 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:14 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 56 | 53 | 50 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bodega 6 WSW, 4 mi away.
- Ochre Sea Star1,872 obs
- Giant Green Anemone534 obs
- Great Blue Heron258 obs
- Great Egret249 obs
- Striped Shore Crab207 obs
- Gooseneck Barnacle200 obs
- Marbled Godwit190 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk181 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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