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Brown's Beach

Brown's Beach from directly overhead

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 15 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
military

How to reach it

Coordinates34.88567, -120.63916

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Peaks: 30
  • 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
Museums: 20
Picnic sites: 14
  • 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
Beaches: 12
Historic sites: 11
Attractions: 11
  • 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
Nature reserves: 4
  • 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
Gardens: 3
  • Santa Maria Valley Sustainable Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Community Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Brighton Avenue Garden: 16.5 mi
Artworks: 2
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Smugglers Cave: 20.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Los Coches MountainENE 73°919 m22.7 mi
Sudden PeakSSE 160°643 m23.5 mi
Slide HillNNE 15°640 m24.0 mi
Tranquillon MountainSSE 168°628 m21.4 mi
Round TopNNE 16°624 m23.5 mi
Oak MountainSSE 161°612 m24.3 mi
Huasna PeakENE 58°577 m19.5 mi
Boar PeakNE 55°563 m19.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4119:15
June solstice05:5019:4320:20
September equinox06:5118:2819:01
December solstice07:0716:1716:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535455575962646564625752
Precip in2.72.82.60.90.40.10.00.00.10.51.12.1

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/842676333

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