Carmel River State Beach
Carmel River State Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Uncle Sam Mountain stands 1,445 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Carmel River Lagoon and Wetland Nature Reserve, a park 0.2 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 0.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Rumsien Overlook · 1 mi
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 3 mi
- China Lookout · 5 mi
- Granite Canyon Bridge · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Carmel River Lagoon and Wetland Nature Reserve: 0.2 mi
- Carmel Youth Baseball Larson Field: 0.8 mi
- Mission Trails Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Carmel Beach City Park: 1.1 mi
- Piccadilly Park: 1.4 mi
- Ichxenta Point: 0.8 mi
- Granite Point: 0.9 mi
- Coal Chute Point: 1.1 mi
- Cannery Point: 1.2 mi
- Big Dome: 1.3 mi
- Carmel River Bird Sanctuary: 0.2 mi
- Ohlone Coastal Cultural Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Carmel River Lagoon and Wetland Natural Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Carmel River State Beach: 0.4 mi
- Carmel Bay State Marine Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
- Monastery Beach: 0.7 mi
- Carmel Beach: 1.2 mi
- Weston Beach: 1.7 mi
- Hidden Beach: 1.8 mi
- Gibson Beach: 2.0 mi
- The Sir Harry Downie Museum: 0.8 mi
- Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Museum: 0.8 mi
- Center for Photographic Art: 1.2 mi
- Whalers Cabin and Whaling Station Museum: 1.3 mi
- The Old Monterey Jail: 4.7 mi
- Sunset Cultural Center: 1.2 mi
- Yadon Plaque: 2.7 mi
- Victorine Ranch: 4.0 mi
- Monterey Customhouse: 5.1 mi
- Old Custom House: 5.1 mi
- Walker House: 0.7 mi
- Lone Cypress: 3.1 mi
- Seal Rock: 4.3 mi
- Chris' Fishing Trips and Whale Watching: 5.2 mi
- Randy's Fishing Trips: 5.2 mi
- Images of Pebble Beach: 2.7 mi
- Pietro Ferrante Statue: 5.2 mi
- Santa Rosalia Statue: 5.2 mi
- The Fisherman: 5.3 mi
- Otter Statue: 6.1 mi
- Talcot Bates Grove and Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Monterey Pines Group Area: 4.3 mi
- East Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Veteran's Park Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- El Estero Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Our Green Thumb Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- Memory Garden: 5.1 mi
- Sensory Garden: 5.1 mi
- Pacific Grove Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- Sand City Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Fern Falls: 11.6 mi
- Pico Blanco Falls: 14.6 mi
- Firehose Falls: 16.9 mi
- Highbride Falls: 18.7 mi
- Pfeiffer Falls: 20.9 mi
- Point Pinos Lighthouse: 6.8 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 15.8 mi
- Cavalry Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 17.6 mi
- Pat Springs: 15.6 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 21.4 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Carmel River State Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uncle Sam Mountain | SE 137° | 1,445 m | 18.2 mi |
| Kandlbinder Peak | SSE 147° | 1,418 m | 19.6 mi |
| Mount Carmel | SE 143° | 1,344 m | 12.9 mi |
| Danish Creek Peak | SE 137° | 1,298 m | 15.9 mi |
| Little Pines | SE 137° | 1,266 m | 16.7 mi |
| Devils Peak | SE 144° | 1,261 m | 13.5 mi |
| Big Pines Peak | SE 141° | 1,235 m | 14.5 mi |
| Pat Springs Peak | SE 141° | 1,233 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:52 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:16 | 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 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 61 | 56 | 52 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monterey, 6 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Carmel Cove, Carmel Bay, CA, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element relation/7036991
Day trips start here
- Carmel · 1 mi
- Carmel Point · 1 mi
- Monterey · 5 mi
- Pacific Grove · 6 mi
- Seaside · 7 mi
- Carmel Valley · 11 mi
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