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Beer Can Beach

Beer Can Beach from directly overhead

Beer Can Beach is a beach in California, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. South Butte stands 628 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Bobelaine Audobon Sanctuary, a nature reserve 4.0 miles away. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Small beach with some short hiking trails. Limited parking onsite.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.88361, -121.61351

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kule Loklo Park: 7.4 mi
  • Deputy B Meilbeck Memorial Park: 7.7 mi
  • Prairie Trails Park: 7.8 mi
  • Bear River: 7.8 mi
  • Feather River East Park: 8.1 mi
Attractions: 36
  • Sutter Health Park: 21.6 mi
  • Causeways Rocks: 22.2 mi
  • Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Headquarters: 22.8 mi
  • Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area: 22.8 mi
  • Peter Rabbit and his Sisters: 24.5 mi
Artworks: 35
  • Your Words are Music to My Ears: 13.0 mi
  • Acorn Steam: 13.0 mi
  • A Fragment of the Universe: 13.3 mi
  • The Baggage Handlers: 13.3 mi
  • Active Ecosystem: 13.3 mi
Museums: 32
Historic sites: 30
  • Leahn Joshua Halprin Lagoon: 15.2 mi
  • Women's Club Fountain: 17.7 mi
  • WWII German Prisoner of War Cell Block: 18.2 mi
  • Northrop T-38 A Talon: 19.3 mi
  • Base Headquarters: 19.6 mi
Gardens: 19
  • Border Garden: 14.8 mi
  • Toride Japan Sister City Garden: 18.1 mi
  • Natomas Rose Garden: 19.3 mi
  • Strauch Community Garden: 19.4 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 19.7 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Peaks: 13
  • Barney Mound: 7.1 mi
  • Tyndall Mound: 11.1 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 19.0 mi
  • Monument Hill: 19.4 mi
  • Thunder hill: 20.5 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Sturzen Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
  • Antelope Creek Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
  • Group community site: 23.4 mi
  • Pooh Corner: 24.5 mi
  • Birthday Area 3: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 2
  • Huff Mineral Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Wetland Preserve: 21.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Antelope Creek Falla: 21.5 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 24.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Turrtle Bend: 18.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Beer Can Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South ButteNNW628 m24.9 mi
Old CraggyNNW452 m24.9 mi
Rock MountainENE426 m23.8 mi
Bushy MountainENE401 m24.8 mi
Thunder hillESE129 m20.5 mi
McCartie HillNNE127 m24.2 mi
Telegraph HillE118 m19.0 mi
Daguerra PointNNE52 m24.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:19
June solstice05:4219:5620:36
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2216:0616:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475054596673767572645346
Precip in3.73.52.61.20.60.20.00.10.10.81.83.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sacramento Metro AP, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1383480575

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