Santa Monica Bay
Santa Monica Bay is an attraction in California, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Verdugo Peak stands 952 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Vista del Mar Park, a park 1.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 15 miles off.
The story
bay of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, United States
Wikidata Q999063, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 13 m
How to reach it
- 15.3 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vista del Mar Park: 1.6 mi
- Trask Triangle Park: 1.8 mi
- Del Rey Lagoon Park: 2.0 mi
- Titmouse Park: 2.2 mi
- Gas Company Field: 2.5 mi
- LAX El Segundo Dunes Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve: 2.6 mi
- Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve: 3.2 mi
- George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon: 7.8 mi
- La Brea Green Belt: 8.1 mi
- Venice Fishing Pier: 2.9 mi
- Kiiy: 3.4 mi
- Venice Canal Historic District: 3.4 mi
- Gathering Place: 3.4 mi
- Urbanscape: 3.4 mi
- Audubon warbler topiaries: 3.4 mi
- Ballona Sea Change: 3.5 mi
- Declaration: 3.6 mi
- Venice Beach Canals Mural: 3.6 mi
- Venice kinesis: 3.6 mi
- SPY Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Emerson Ave Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Marine Park Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- Will Rogers Elementary Regenerative Farm: 5.3 mi
- Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden: 5.6 mi
- Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument: 4.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Sepulveda Bridge Widening: 4.7 mi
- The Ink Well: 5.1 mi
- Moe Howard: 5.3 mi
- Automobile Driving Museum: 4.3 mi
- California Heritage Museum: 4.7 mi
- Santa Monica Museum of Art: 4.8 mi
- Main Building: 5.6 mi
- Museum of Flying: 5.6 mi
- Baldwin Hills: 7.5 mi
- Castellammare Mesa: 9.2 mi
- Parker Mesa: 9.7 mi
- Goat Peak (High Point): 10.3 mi
- Green Peak: 11.5 mi
- Washington Park Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Common Grounds: 4.1 mi
- Blue Lagoon: 7.5 mi
- Picnic Central: 7.5 mi
- Lake Side: 7.6 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 2.9 mi
- Mother's Beach: 3.3 mi
- Palisades Beach: 6.7 mi
- Redondo Beach State Park: 8.5 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 8.7 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 7.6 mi
- Eagle Spring: 13.2 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 15.6 mi
- Lower Sulphur Spring: 21.2 mi
- Temescal Falls: 10.0 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 12.3 mi
- Escondido Falls (Upper): 19.4 mi
- Escondido Falls (Lower): 19.4 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 15.1 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 17.0 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.9 mi
- Spa Palace: 14.1 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Santa Monica Bay. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verdugo Peak | NNE 29° | 951.6 m | 22.1 mi |
| Castro Peak | WNW 300° | 855 m | 21.0 mi |
| Saddle Peak | NW 313° | 851 m | 14.6 mi |
| Tongva Peak | NNE 33° | 803 m | 21.7 mi |
| Calabasas Peak | NW 319° | 657 m | 16.2 mi |
| Temescal Peak | NNW 337° | 648 m | 12.6 mi |
| McAuley Peak | WNW 303° | 625 m | 17.5 mi |
| Ladyface Mountain | NW 308° | 619 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:11 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 58 | 58 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 67 | 62 | 58 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Angeles Intl AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1655006 — Santa Monica Bay, Los Angeles County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/369171015
Day trips start here
- Westchester · 4 mi
- Culver City · 6 mi
- Santa Monica · 6 mi
- Hawthorne · 7 mi
- Inglewood · 7 mi
- Los Angeles/West · 9 mi
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