The Island
The Island rises to 369 m in California. Big Mountain stands 807 m to the north-northeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Sonoma County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5359908.
Wikidata Q49082529, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 369 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Harold Richardson Redwoods Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Austin Creek State Recreation Area: 7.3 mi
- Angelo Boles Memorial Grove: 12.1 mi
- Henry N. Pacheco Memorial Playground: 12.1 mi
- Bruno Farnocchia Memorial Park: 12.2 mi
- Pine Hill: 1.1 mi
- Devils Ribs: 1.2 mi
- High Rock: 1.2 mi
- Table Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Oak Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Skyline Trailer: 5.5 mi
- Peace Totem: 7.3 mi
- Spawn: 20.5 mi
- Poseidon: 20.6 mi
- Frolicking Dolphin: 20.6 mi
- Clam Beach: 7.4 mi
- Stump Beach: 8.5 mi
- Fisk Mill Cove: 9.1 mi
- Jenner Beach: 10.9 mi
- Goat Rock Beach: 11.5 mi
- The Cedars: 3.3 mi
- Salt Point State Park: 6.0 mi
- The Big Brush: 6.7 mi
- Little Black Mountain Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Pole Mountain Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Fort Ross: 7.2 mi
- Windmill: 7.2 mi
- AIA 25 Year Award: 14.3 mi
- Occidental Veterans of World War 2: 18.5 mi
- The Bane Bill: 19.2 mi
- Rio Nido Community Garden: 12.2 mi
- Creekside Park Communal Orchard and Farm: 13.6 mi
- Harry and Maggie Wetzel Native Plant Garden: 16.7 mi
- Ren Brown Gallery Zen Garden: 19.9 mi
- Inn at the Tides Sculpture Garden: 20.5 mi
- Visitor Center: 8.5 mi
- Duncans Mills Depot Museum: 12.6 mi
- Korbel Museum: 13.5 mi
- Healdsburg Museum: 17.0 mi
- Windsor Museum: 20.4 mi
- Korbel Winery Tour: 13.5 mi
- J. Rickards Winery: 15.5 mi
- Iron Horse Vineyards: 18.5 mi
- Sturgeons Steam Mill – Historic: 20.2 mi
- Whaling Artifacts: 20.6 mi
- Deadman Cliff: 9.5 mi
- Goat Rock: 11.8 mi
- Osprey Rocks: 12.3 mi
- Frog Woman Rock: 22.3 mi
- Gravelly Spring: 3.0 mi
- Johnny Brown Springs: 8.8 mi
- Skaggs Springs: 10.4 mi
- Arched Rock: 12.4 mi
- White Cap Arch: 17.5 mi
- Campo Gianni: 15.0 mi
- Oak Savanna Group Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of The Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Mountain | NNE 15° | 807 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Tom | NNW 344° | 756 m | 11.5 mi |
| Centennial Mountain | NNE 21° | 747 m | 7.1 mi |
| Crane Peak | N 3° | 728 m | 9.0 mi |
| Pole Mountain | SSE 155° | 672 m | 7.7 mi |
| Buck Mountain | N 0° | 634 m | 9.2 mi |
| Buck Knoll | E 91° | 627 m | 8.1 mi |
| Sky High | NNE 13° | 625 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:14 | 16:56 |
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 | 49 | 50 | 50 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 53 | 49 |
| Precip in | 7.2 | 7.0 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 8.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Ross, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1656360 — The Island, Sonoma County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358804194
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- Boonville · 30 mi
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