Goat Rock

Goat Rock: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Goat Rock

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Goat Rock — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.44057, -123.12723. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Goat Rock

• Goat Rock Beach · beach · Sonoma · ~1 km · Must-see
• Jenner Headlands Preserve · sanctuary · Sonoma · ~4 km · Must-see
• Duncans Point · beach · Sonoma · ~7 km · Must-see
• Sonoma Coast State Park · sanctuary · Sonoma · ~8 km · Must-see
• Monte Rio Community Beach · beach · Sonoma · ~13 km · Must-see
• Bodega Bay Sea Gals Commemorative Plaque · beach · Sonoma · ~16 km · Must-see
• Fort Ross · fort · Sonoma · ~16 km · Must-see
• Guerneville Community Church · church · Sonoma · ~17 km · Must-see
• Bodega Marine Reserve · sanctuary · Sonoma · ~18 km · Must-see
• Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve · sanctuary · Sonoma · ~19 km · Must-see
• Bodega Head · viewpoint · Sonoma · ~19 km · Must-see
• Occidental Community Church · church · Sonoma · ~20 km · Must-see
• Church of SaintTeresa ofAvila · fort · Sonoma · ~21 km · Must-see
• Shorttail Gulch Coastal Access Trail · park · Sonoma · ~23 km · Must-see
• Estero Americano Coast Preserve · sanctuary · Sonoma · ~23 km · Must-see
• Forestville Christian Fellowship Baptist Church · church · Sonoma · ~26 km · Must-see
• Bodega Bay · beach · Marin · ~27 km · Must-see
• Salt Point State Park · sanctuary · Sonoma · ~30 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Goat Rock

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Goat Rock

• Bodega Head · viewpoint · Sonoma · ~19 km · Must-see
• Taylor Mountain · viewpoint · Sonoma · ~50 km · Must-see
• Bennett Valley · viewpoint · Sonoma · ~50 km · Must-see
• Bennett Mountain · viewpoint · Sonoma · ~55 km · Must-see
• Sonoma Mountain · viewpoint · Sonoma · ~62 km · Must-see
• Mount Saint Helena · viewpoint · Sonoma · ~62 km · Must-see
• Mount Hood · viewpoint · Sonoma · ~62 km · Must-see
• Mahnke Peak · viewpoint · Mendocino · ~66 km · Must-see
• Frog Woman Rock · viewpoint · Mendocino · ~66 km · Must-see
• Cobb Mountain · viewpoint · Lake · ~66 km · Must-see

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