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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: 43
Beaches: 29
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 7
Gardens: 6
  • 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: 6
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 18.3 miles of Clam Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big MountainNNE807 m14.7 mi
Mount TomN756 m17.4 mi
Centennial MountainNNE747 m14.4 mi
Crane PeakNNE728 m15.9 mi
Pole MountainE672 m7.3 mi
Buck MountainNNE634 m16.0 mi
Buck KnollENE627 m13.5 mi
High RockNE611 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 mile away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358763656

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