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McNear Park

McNear Park from directly overhead

McNear Park is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Mount Hood stands 833 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Petaluma
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.22398, -122.63841
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • McNear Park: 0.1 mi
  • Wickersham Park: 0.5 mi
  • Walnut Park: 0.6 mi
  • Grant Park: 0.6 mi
  • Liberty Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds: 1.3 mi
  • Santa Rosa Pumpkin Patch: 10.5 mi
  • The Patch: 11.2 mi
  • Gundlach-Bundschu Winery: 12.6 mi
  • Duckworth Family Farm: 12.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 46
Picnic sites: 43
  • Helen Putnam: 1.6 mi
  • Creekside Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
  • Marinwood Community Center Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
  • Irving Group Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
  • Azalea Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
Gardens: 40
  • McNear Community Gardens: 0.1 mi
  • Food Forest: 7.6 mi
  • Sonoma State University Butterfly Garden: 8.4 mi
  • TRACEN Community Gardens: 8.5 mi
  • Rohnert Park Community Organic Garden: 9.2 mi
Beaches: 39
Waterfalls: 14
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Haraszthy Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Stairstep Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Roy's Riffles: 14.6 mi
  • Sonoma Creek Falls: 16.2 mi
Springs: 8
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Natural arches: 2
  • Temple: 19.0 mi
  • Keyhole: 19.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 23.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of McNear Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HoodNNE 16°833 m16.9 mi
Bald MountainNNE 23°832 m17.6 mi
Mount VeederNE 44°817 m14.9 mi
Red MountainNNE 24°777 m17.2 mi
Sonoma MountainNNE 27°697 m7.7 mi
Bismark KnobNE 49°694 m14.2 mi
Bald MountainNNE 29°689 m16.2 mi
Big Rock RidgeS 171°575 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4819:5820:38
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2416:1316:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485153566064676767625448
Precip in4.85.23.31.70.90.30.00.00.11.32.75.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petaluma AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/576943967

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