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Driftwood Beach

Driftwood Beach, a beach in California
Driftwood Beach, a beach in CaliforniaFrank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0

Driftwood Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Sonoma Mountain stands 697 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is McClures Beach, a beach 0.6 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
2 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.19659, -122.96611

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Artworks
Beaches: 49
  • McClures Beach: 0.6 mi
  • White Gulch Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Wall Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Pelican North Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Elk Fence North Beach: 2.2 mi
Historic sites: 44
Gardens: 27
Museums: 15
Attractions: 14
  • Tule Elk Reserve, Pierce Pt., Pt. Reyes NS: 1.0 mi
  • Cypress Tree Tunnel: 7.2 mi
  • Point Reyes Shipwrecks: 9.3 mi
  • Whale Jaw Bone: 9.8 mi
  • Whaling Artifacts: 10.0 mi
Picnic sites: 11
Waterfalls: 6
  • Stairstep Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Alamere Falls: 19.5 mi
  • Roy's Riffles: 20.8 mi
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Little Carson Falls: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Natural arches: 3
  • Keyhole: 16.9 mi
  • Temple: 17.3 mi
  • Arched Rock: 18.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Crystal Springs: 18.5 mi
  • Hunter Spring: 23.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Driftwood Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sonoma MountainENE 68°697 m22.9 mi
Pole MountainNNW 339°672 m22.9 mi
Little Black MountainNNW 339°598 m23.5 mi
Big Rock RidgeESE 116°575 m21.8 mi
Pine MountainSE 132°543 m22.8 mi
Loma AltaESE 122°484 m22.6 mi
Burdell MountainE 100°474 m20.7 mi
Hicks MountainESE 110°467 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4919:24
June solstice05:5020:0020:39
September equinox07:0018:3619:10
December solstice07:2616:1416:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505151525355575758565350
Precip in5.36.03.92.21.20.50.10.10.21.82.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bodega 6 WSW, 10 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Tomales Bay entrance, CA, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358764955

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