Agate Beach
Agate Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the east-northeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Agate Beach County Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 5 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Agate Beach County Park: 0.0 mi
- Bolinas Quail Refuge: 0.7 mi
- Bolinas Community Park: 1.6 mi
- Mount Tamalpais Game Refuge: 6.3 mi
- Cascade Park: 8.0 mi
- Bolinas Museum: 1.7 mi
- The Phoenix Collection Tea Museum: 8.0 mi
- Marin Museum of Bicycling: 9.1 mi
- Nike Missile Site SF-88: 11.1 mi
- Marin County Historical Society Museum: 11.3 mi
- Stewart Point: 2.4 mi
- Pablo Point: 3.2 mi
- Twin Knolls: 4.7 mi
- Ballou Point: 4.8 mi
- Wooded Knoll: 5.0 mi
- Stinson tree: 4.6 mi
- Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area: 7.4 mi
- Founders Grove: 7.5 mi
- Redwood Tree Slice: 7.5 mi
- Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 9.6 mi
- Guardian of the Gate North (Totem 5 of 8): 10.7 mi
- Tamalpais Maiden: 10.8 mi
- Blackie Horse Statue: 12.1 mi
- Close to the Wind: 12.3 mi
- Tiburon Portugese Mural Wall: 12.4 mi
- San Geronimo Valley Community Garden: 8.7 mi
- Terra Linda Community Garden: 11.2 mi
- Lauren Place: 11.3 mi
- Canal Community Garden: 12.4 mi
- Miller Creek Middle School Community Garden: 12.8 mi
- Bolinas Beach: 1.5 mi
- Palomarin Beach: 2.9 mi
- Stinson Beach: 3.9 mi
- Slide Ranch North Beach: 6.2 mi
- Wildcat Beach: 6.4 mi
- Martin Griffin Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Muir Woods National Monument: 7.1 mi
- Elliott Nature Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Gary Giacomini Open Space Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Cascade Canyon Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Throne: 5.3 mi
- Music Stand: 5.5 mi
- Sitting Bull Rock and memorial: 7.8 mi
- Old Sawmill: 8.6 mi
- WW2 Lookout: 9.4 mi
- Barth's Retreat: 5.4 mi
- Potrero Camp: 5.6 mi
- Rifle Camp: 6.0 mi
- Hunt Camp: 7.5 mi
- Irving Group Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Midway Falls: 4.7 mi
- Helen Markt Falls: 4.7 mi
- Cataract Falls: 4.8 mi
- Laurel Dell Falls: 4.8 mi
- Alamere Falls: 5.5 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 4.4 mi
- Broko Spring: 5.0 mi
- Rock Springs: 5.4 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 5.9 mi
- Colier Spring: 6.7 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 11.4 mi
- Point Reyes Light Station: 18.1 mi
- Paint Storage: 18.2 mi
- Point Reyes Lighthouse Visitor Center: 18.2 mi
- Transformer Building: 18.3 mi
- Vent 5: 5.2 mi
- Rock Fort: 10.5 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 13.7 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 18.2 mi
- Aramai Point: 23.2 mi
- Temple: 7.7 mi
- Keyhole: 8.2 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 10.8 mi
- Arch Rock: 20.9 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 4.4 mi
- Winehaven: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Agate Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais East Peak | ENE 73° | 784 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Peak | ENE 74° | 778 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais Middle Peak | ENE 73° | 744 m | 7.0 mi |
| Ballou Point | ENE 78° | 612 m | 4.8 mi |
| Twin Knolls | ENE 70° | 597 m | 4.7 mi |
| Big Rock Ridge | NNE 27° | 575 m | 12.6 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NNE 30° | 543 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | ENE 78° | 527 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:58 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
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 | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 63 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 8.8 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 9.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kentfield, 10 mi away.
Mean tidal range 2.92 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Bolinas Lagoon, CA, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/358823473
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