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Church

Church from directly overhead

Church is a beach in California, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is San Onofre State Beach, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Limited
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.37965, -117.57451
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions: 60
Peaks: 58
Historic sites: 42
  • Smugglers Sink: 3.4 mi
  • Park Semper Fi: 3.9 mi
  • Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens: 3.9 mi
  • Camp Pendleton: 7.7 mi
  • Reikers Point: 7.9 mi
Artworks: 31
  • Made In OC: 9.5 mi
  • Bird Houses: 9.7 mi
  • Gandhi: 15.2 mi
  • Marie Curie: 15.3 mi
  • Peace Obelisk: 16.1 mi
Museums: 30
Springs: 26
Beaches: 22
  • Playa Las Palmeras: 1.6 mi
  • Playa Las Palmeras: 1.9 mi
  • T Street Beach: 3.5 mi
  • The Pier Beach: 3.9 mi
  • El Portal: 4.5 mi
Nature reserves: 14
Gardens: 12
Waterfalls: 8
  • Dana Point Seasonal Waterfall: 9.3 mi
  • Tenaja Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Lion Canyon Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Ortega Falls: 19.0 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Old Corral Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
  • Group Picnic #1: 18.8 mi
  • Rotary Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
  • Vista Point: 19.8 mi
  • Goat Shed Point: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 12.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakN 6°1,734 m23.0 mi
Modjeska PeakN 4°1,675 m23.6 mi
ClarkE 80°1,527 m13.9 mi
Trabuco PeakNNE 14°1,401 m23.0 mi
Los Pinos PeakNNE 17°1,373 m20.6 mi
Horsethief PeakNNE 17°1,315 m22.3 mi
San Mateo PeakNE 35°1,095 m19.7 mi
Elsinore PeakNE 41°1,078 m20.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:3019:02
June solstice05:4219:2720:04
September equinox06:3918:1618:48
December solstice06:5116:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555557606367707270665954

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camp Pendleton Mcas, 14 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station San Clemente, 4 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/294108745

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