Picnic site · California
Lawson Picnic Area
Lawson Picnic Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 570 m. Mount Saint Helena stands 1,319 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Hood, a peak 1.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Sonoma County Regional Parks
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates38.46576, -122.57349
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Mount Hood: 1.1 mi
- Buzzard Peak: 1.4 mi
- Red Hill: 1.8 mi
- Bald Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Red Mountain: 3.6 mi
Parks
- Skyhawk Park: 3.3 mi
- Shaw Park: 3.6 mi
- Skyhawk Park: 3.7 mi
- Skyhawk Park: 3.8 mi
- Plaza Park: 4.0 mi
Artworks
- Cross on the Hill: 3.5 mi
- Saint Helen of the Cross: 6.2 mi
- Rocky Bear: 6.3 mi
- Tree Limns: 7.2 mi
- Cancer Survivor's Plaza: 7.5 mi
Attractions: 40
- Beringer Vineyards: 5.9 mi
- Bale Grist Mill: 6.3 mi
- V. Sattui Winery: 7.0 mi
- The Petrified Forest: 7.2 mi
- Balancing Rock: 8.2 mi
Historic sites: 39
- Cross on the Hill: 3.5 mi
- The Rhine House: 5.9 mi
- Castello di Amorosa: 6.6 mi
- G.A.R. Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Memorial Rose Grove: 7.2 mi
Gardens: 35
- St. Francis Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center: 5.5 mi
- Native American Garden: 6.6 mi
- Garden of Healing: 7.1 mi
- Reading Garden: 7.6 mi
Museums: 34
- Robert Ferguson Observatory: 4.0 mi
- Silverado Museum: 6.3 mi
- Elmshaven: 7.1 mi
- House of Happy Walls: 7.7 mi
- Jack London Cottage: 7.8 mi
Nature reserves: 23
- Hood Mountain - McCormick Ranch Addition: 2.5 mi
- Owls Nest Open Space: 3.7 mi
- Taylor Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve: 6.9 mi
- Stuart Creek Run: 7.3 mi
- Fairfield Osborn Preserve: 8.5 mi
Beaches: 13
- Steelhead Beach: 17.8 mi
- Healdsburg Veterans Memorial Beach: 18.1 mi
- Children's Beach: 18.2 mi
- Mother’s Beach: 19.2 mi
- River Bend Beach: 20.1 mi
Picnic sites: 12
- Birthday Party Area: 5.2 mi
- Creekside Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Provence Picnic: 9.2 mi
- Rhône Picnic: 9.2 mi
- Loire Picnic: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Sunset Point: 8.7 mi
- Stags Leap: 14.4 mi
- White Point: 15.0 mi
- Ingalls Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Osprey Rocks: 24.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Sonoma Creek Falls: 3.3 mi
- Linda Falls: 9.4 mi
- Haraszthy Falls: 14.6 mi
- Green Valley Falls: 24.9 mi
Springs: 2
- Hunter Spring: 4.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 14.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Hole in the Rock: 13.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Wingo: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Lawson Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Saint Helena | NNW 347° | 1,319 m | 14.4 mi |
| Mount Saint Helena South Peak | N 350° | 1,220 m | 13.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | N 11° | 906 m | 12.2 mi |
| Three Peaks | NNE 22° | 872 m | 11.0 mi |
| Table Mountain | N 8° | 857 m | 15.0 mi |
| Old Baldy | NNE 20° | 836 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Hood | ESE 111° | 833 m | 1.1 mi |
| The Beehive | NNE 23° | 833 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:59 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 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 | 50 | 52 | 55 | 59 | 64 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 6.5 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 7.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saint Helena, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
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