Austin Beach
Austin Beach is a beach in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Attu Mountain stands 898 m to the south-southwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Vieth Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. 53 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1942
How to reach it
53 named places within 25 miles
- Vieth Hill: 1.6 mi
- Cupps Hill: 2.2 mi
- Owens Ridge: 3.3 mi
- Brannon Ridge: 3.7 mi
- Buchanan Ridge: 3.8 mi
- Red Beach: 4.1 mi
- Birch Beach: 4.4 mi
- West Beach: 4.7 mi
- Center Beach: 5.4 mi
- Smith Beach: 6.9 mi
- Japanese Peace Monument: 8.3 mi
- US Coast Guard USCG-1600: 13.5 mi
- Northeast Bluff: 1.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Austin Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attu Mountain | SSW 211° | 897.9 m | 7.4 mi |
| Devils Mountain | SSE 165° | 788 m | 8.9 mi |
| Cold Mountain | SSE 151° | 693 m | 6.7 mi |
| Terrible Mountain | SSE 159° | 692 m | 9.5 mi |
| Middle Peak | ESE 122° | 648 m | 9.5 mi |
| Southwest Peak | SE 132° | 619 m | 7.6 mi |
| Newman Peak | SE 135° | 605 m | 7.5 mi |
| Matthews Mountain | SE 132° | 595 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 09:33 | 20:54 | 21:40 |
| June solstice | 07:02 | 23:01 | 23:58 |
| September equinox | 09:13 | 20:45 | 21:30 |
| December solstice | 10:39 | 17:07 | 18:13 |
Local time (America/Adak).
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Holtz Bay, 6 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 85002729OpenStreetMap- National Register of Historic Places — Attu Battlefield and U.S. Army and Navy Airfields on Attu, reference 85002729, listed 02/04/85.
OpenStreetMap element way/1111548029
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