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Central Beach

Central Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Lyons Peak stands 1,139 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Coronado Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

beach in San Diego County, California, United States

Wikidata Q49320336, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.68422, -117.18698

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
  • Coronado Historical Association: 0.4 mi
  • Ice House Museum: 0.6 mi
  • San Diego Police Museum: 2.1 mi
  • San Diego Police Department Exhibit & Jail Cells: 2.1 mi
  • USS Midway Museum: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Site of First Military Flight School: 0.4 mi
  • El Camino Real Bell: 0.4 mi
  • Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument: 1.7 mi
  • Memorial to Merchant Seamen: 1.9 mi
  • National Salute to Bob Hope and the Military: 2.1 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Peaks: 50
Gardens: 38
Beaches: 23
Cliffs: 20
  • Point Loma: 3.4 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 4.5 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 4.6 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 5.0 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 5.0 mi
Springs: 5
  • Dog Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 12.9 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Echo Spring: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 4.2 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 16.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakE 87°1,139 m24.6 mi
Otay MountainESE 107°1,067 m20.9 mi
Sycuan PeakENE 78°840 m22.7 mi
Iron MountainNE 34°818 m23.9 mi
Middle SummitNNE 33°790 m24.7 mi
San Miguel MountainE 87°782 m14.6 mi
Mount EllieNNE 32°743.712 m24.7 mi
Wildwood MountainNE 35°725.424 m24.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2420:00
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585860626466707271676257
Precip in1.71.91.40.60.50.10.10.00.20.60.81.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N IS NAS, 1 mi away.

Mean tidal range 4.05 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station SAN DIEGO (Broadway), CA, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358845839

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