Brown's Beach
Brown's Beach is a beach in California, at a modelled elevation of -7 m. Los Coches Mountain stands 919 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Point Sal Beach, a beach 0.9 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 27 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- military
How to reach it
- 27.3 mi off the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lone Oak · 18 mi
- Concrete Turret · 19 mi
- Lover's Point · 19 mi
- Octopus Oak · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Guadalupe Dunes County Park: 4.9 mi
- Jack O' Connell Park: 5.8 mi
- Paseo Park: 6.1 mi
- Francisco "Paco" Pereyra Memorial Park: 6.3 mi
- Cielo Playground: 6.3 mi
- Lions Head: 1.7 mi
- Mount Lospe: 1.9 mi
- Burton Mesa: 11.6 mi
- Nipomo Mesa: 12.8 mi
- Newlove Hill: 13.8 mi
- Rancho de Guadalupe Historical Society Museum: 7.1 mi
- Dunes Center: 7.1 mi
- Space and Missile Heritage Center: 8.5 mi
- SLC-10W Launch Shed: 8.5 mi
- Santa Maria Museum of Flight: 10.6 mi
- Area 6: 11.1 mi
- Area 7: 11.1 mi
- Area 8: 11.2 mi
- Area 4: 11.2 mi
- Area 5: 11.3 mi
- Point Sal Beach: 0.9 mi
- Minuteman Beach: 2.5 mi
- Seal Beach: 10.3 mi
- Wall Beach: 12.4 mi
- Oceano Dunes: 15.2 mi
- Independence: 11.5 mi
- Barbeque Flats: 12.9 mi
- ATV Safety Training Area: 13.0 mi
- Worm Valley: 13.0 mi
- Moy Mel: 13.1 mi
- Operational Silo Test Facility: 7.7 mi
- Oceano WW2 Memorial: 15.0 mi
- Pacific Coast Railway: 17.0 mi
- Lompoc Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 19.5 mi
- Church ruins: 20.4 mi
- Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge: 8.4 mi
- Los Flores Ranch Park: 16.6 mi
- Pismo Preserve: 18.6 mi
- Johnson Ranch Open Space: 23.8 mi
- Santa Maria Valley Sustainable Garden: 11.1 mi
- Brighton Avenue Garden: 16.5 mi
- Pismo Beach sign: 17.5 mi
- Cow Statue: 24.8 mi
- Betteravia: 7.4 mi
- Smugglers Cave: 20.4 mi
- Fossil Point: 20.5 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brown's Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Coches Mountain | ENE 73° | 919 m | 22.7 mi |
| Sudden Peak | SSE 160° | 643 m | 23.5 mi |
| Slide Hill | NNE 15° | 640 m | 24.0 mi |
| Tranquillon Mountain | SSE 168° | 628 m | 21.4 mi |
| Round Top | NNE 16° | 624 m | 23.5 mi |
| Oak Mountain | SSE 161° | 612 m | 24.3 mi |
| Huasna Peak | ENE 58° | 577 m | 19.5 mi |
| Boar Peak | NE 55° | 563 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:43 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:17 | 16:56 |
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 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 62 | 64 | 65 | 64 | 62 | 57 | 52 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Maria Public AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/842676333
Day trips start here
- Guadalupe · 7 mi
- Nipomo · 13 mi
- Santa Maria · 13 mi
- Oceano · 15 mi
- Grover Beach · 16 mi
- Arroyo Grande · 17 mi
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