Sonoma Plaza
Sonoma Plaza is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Mount Hood stands 833 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Rose Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sonoma in the Valley of the Moon: 0.1 mi
- Blessings of the Sonoma Valley: 0.1 mi
- For Veronica: 6.2 mi
- Saint Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr: 8.3 mi
- Steel Sculpture: 8.5 mi
- Bear Flag Monument: 0.1 mi
- Jack London's Wolf House: 5.9 mi
- Rancho Petaluma Adobe: 7.3 mi
- All Unknown Soldiers Monument: 8.3 mi
- First Street Bridge: 9.4 mi
- Depot Park: 0.3 mi
- Hughes Park: 0.3 mi
- Arnold Field: 0.3 mi
- Sonoma State Historic Park: 0.4 mi
- Field Of Dreams: 0.4 mi
- The Patch: 0.3 mi
- Gundlach-Bundschu Winery: 2.3 mi
- Balloons Above the Valley: 8.5 mi
- Napa Valley Wine Train: 9.5 mi
- Welcome to Napa Valley Sign: 9.9 mi
- Schocken Hill: 0.9 mi
- Arrowhead Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Mount Pisgah: 3.6 mi
- Bliss Hill: 3.8 mi
- Moon Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Stuart Creek Run: 6.3 mi
- Fairfield Osborn Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Petaluma Marsh Expansion Site: 9.9 mi
- Bahia Wetlands: 12.0 mi
- Bahia Wildlife Habitat: 12.1 mi
- Maple: 8.9 mi
- Roosevelt: 8.9 mi
- Cedars: 9.0 mi
- Creekside Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- McNear Park: 10.9 mi
- Sonoma Valley Museum of Art: 0.1 mi
- Toscano Kitchen: 0.1 mi
- General Joseph Hooker House: 0.1 mi
- Blue Wing Inn: 0.1 mi
- Heritage Center at the Maysonnave House: 0.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.0 mi
- Nature's Way Montessori School Garden: 7.6 mi
- Culinary Garden: 9.1 mi
- McNear Community Gardens: 10.8 mi
- Martha Walker Habitat Garden: 11.3 mi
- Haraszthy Falls: 2.1 mi
- Sonoma Creek Falls: 10.8 mi
- Green Valley Falls: 15.0 mi
- Buck Gulch Falls: 17.4 mi
- Linda Falls: 18.2 mi
- Hunter Spring: 13.3 mi
- Sulfur Springs: 21.6 mi
- Worn Springs: 23.8 mi
- Crystal Springs: 23.9 mi
- Stags Leap: 11.8 mi
- Sunset Point: 18.4 mi
- Rock Fort: 21.5 mi
- San Quentin Beach: 24.3 mi
- Point Molate Beach: 24.4 mi
- Alan Sieroty Beach: 24.8 mi
- Rest Stop: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Sonoma Plaza. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hood | NNW 336° | 833 m | 12.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 346° | 832 m | 11.7 mi |
| Mount Veeder | N 5° | 817 m | 6.0 mi |
| Atlas Peak | NE 44° | 814 m | 15.2 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNW 346° | 777 m | 11.4 mi |
| Diamond Mountain | NNW 338° | 716 m | 18.4 mi |
| Mount Saint John | N 359° | 713 m | 10.1 mi |
| Sonoma Mountain | WNW 288° | 697 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:58 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:12 | 16:54 |
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 | 54 | 57 | 62 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 63 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 5.5 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sonoma, under a mile away.
- Western Fence Lizard113 obs
- California buckeye104 obs
- California poppy101 obs
- Western Bluebird93 obs
- Mallard87 obs
- California bay83 obs
- Acorn Woodpecker81 obs
- Mule Deer81 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/27498206
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