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Carmel Beach

Carmel Beach from directly overhead

Carmel Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Uncle Sam Mountain stands 1,445 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Carmel Beach City Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 1.1 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
6 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.55123, -121.92993

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 6
Lighthouses: 2
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
Natural arches: 1
Hot springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Carmel Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Uncle Sam MountainSE 139°1,445 m19.1 mi
Kandlbinder PeakSSE 148°1,418 m20.6 mi
Mount CarmelSE 145°1,344 m13.9 mi
Danish Creek PeakSE 140°1,298 m16.8 mi
Little PinesSE 140°1,266 m17.6 mi
Devils PeakSSE 146°1,261 m14.5 mi
Big Pines PeakSE 143°1,235 m15.5 mi
Pat Springs PeakSE 143°1,233 m16.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:5019:5220:30
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1716:1616:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525354555658606162615652
Precip in4.44.03.31.50.60.20.10.10.10.91.83.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monterey, 5 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Carmel Cove, Carmel Bay, CA, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element relation/7036987

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