Monitor Island

Monitor Island: 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 river spot: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Monitor Island

Season: September to February; boat services pause in floods.

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 Monitor Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.97609, -122.70164. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Monitor Island

• Borax Lake · lake · Lake · ~3 km · Must-see
• Calvary Chapel of Clearlake · church · Lake · ~7 km · Must-see
• Thurston Lake · lake · Lake · ~7 km · Must-see
• Mount Konocti · viewpoint · Lake · ~7 km · Must-see
• Anderson Marsh State Historic Park · sanctuary · Lake · ~10 km · Must-see
• Clear Lake · lake · Lake · ~11 km · Must-see
• Clear Lake State Park · lake · Lake · ~13 km · Must-see
• Mount Hannah · viewpoint · Lake · ~13 km · Must-see
• Lower Lake Stone Jail · lake · Lake · ~13 km · Must-see
• Seigler Mountain · viewpoint · Lake · ~14 km · Must-see
• Presbyterian Church of Kelseyville · church · Lake · ~15 km · Must-see
• Boggs Lake Preserve · lake · Lake · ~15 km · Must-see
• Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument · sanctuary · Lake · ~21 km · Must-see
• Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest · sanctuary · Lake · ~21 km · Must-see
• Adobe Reservoir · lake · Lake · ~21 km · Must-see
• Highland Springs Reservoir · lake · Lake · ~23 km · Must-see
• Mahnke Peak · viewpoint · Mendocino · ~23 km · Must-see
• Indian Valley Dam · lake · Lake · ~23 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Monitor Island

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near Monitor Island

• Grizzly Island · river spot · Solano · ~139 km · Must-see
• Rattlesnake Island · river spot · Lake · ~5 km
• Anderson Island · river spot · Lake · ~7 km
• Russian River · river spot · Sonoma · ~62 km
• Penny Island · river spot · Sonoma · ~86 km
• Halfmile Rock · river spot · Sonoma · ~88 km
• Gull Rock · river spot · Sonoma · ~89 km
• Hogback · river spot · Sonoma · ~91 km
• Bird Rock · river spot · Marin · ~108 km
• Neils Island · river spot · Sonoma · ~110 km

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