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Clam Beach

Clam Beach from directly overhead

Clam Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Big Mountain stands 807 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Windmill, a historic site 0.4 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.51547, -123.25417

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Harold Richardson Redwoods Preserve: 8.8 mi
  • Austin Creek State Recreation Area: 9.9 mi
  • Angelo Boles Memorial Grove: 13.3 mi
  • Vacation Beach Park: 13.3 mi
  • Henry N. Pacheco Memorial Playground: 13.4 mi
Artworks: 45
Beaches: 31
Historic sites: 22
Museums: 7
Gardens: 7
  • Creekside Park Communal Orchard and Farm: 13.7 mi
  • Rio Nido Community Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Ren Brown Gallery Zen Garden: 16.6 mi
  • Inn at the Tides Sculpture Garden: 17.1 mi
  • Harry and Maggie Wetzel Native Plant Garden: 21.7 mi
Attractions: 7
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 3
  • Gravelly Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Johnny Brown Springs: 15.9 mi
  • Skaggs Springs: 17.5 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Arched Rock: 9.0 mi
  • White Cap Arch: 18.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Campo Gianni: 14.2 mi
  • Oak Savanna Group Picnic Area: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Clam Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big MountainNNE 24°807 m14.7 mi
Mount TomN 3°756 m17.4 mi
Centennial MountainNNE 27°747 m14.4 mi
Crane PeakNNE 16°728 m15.9 mi
Pole MountainE 96°672 m7.3 mi
Buck MountainNNE 14°634 m16.0 mi
Buck KnollENE 63°627 m13.5 mi
High RockNE 39°611 m8.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:25
June solstice05:5020:0220:41
September equinox07:0218:3719:12
December solstice07:2816:1416:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495050525456575858575349
Precip in7.27.05.22.91.60.50.00.10.22.04.28.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Ross, under a mile away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Fort Ross, CA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/358763656

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