Dunes Beach
Dunes Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. Borel Hill stands 766 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Venice Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away.
The story
beach in San Mateo County, California, United States
Wikidata Q49320559, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 8 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Frenchmans Creek Community Park: 0.6 mi
- Mirada Surf: 1.2 mi
- Oak Avenue Park: 1.4 mi
- Half Moon Bay Station Beach: 1.7 mi
- Ocean View Avenue Park: 1.7 mi
- Quarry Park Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Dutch Garden: 7.9 mi
- Walled Garden: 7.9 mi
- Chartes Garden: 7.9 mi
- Daffodil Garden: 7.9 mi
- Half Moon Bay Jail: 2.0 mi
- James Johnston House: 2.9 mi
- Sanchez Adobe Visitor Center: 7.5 mi
- Millbrae Museum: 8.8 mi
- Burlingame Hillsborough History Museum: 8.9 mi
- Lemos Farm: 2.5 mi
- Fitzgerald Marine Reserve: 4.2 mi
- Wing Lam gravesite: 4.6 mi
- Arata's Pumpkin Farm: 7.5 mi
- Long Branch Saloon and Farms: 7.5 mi
- Ox Hill: 3.3 mi
- Scarper Peak: 3.4 mi
- South Peak: 5.2 mi
- Montara Knob: 5.4 mi
- Montara Mountain North Peak: 5.5 mi
- Whale Gate: 4.4 mi
- Spirit of Millbrae: 8.8 mi
- over the fence: 8.8 mi
- Good Life: 9.2 mi
- The Juggler: 9.2 mi
- Creekside Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- San Pedro Valley County Park Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- McGarvey Flat: 9.0 mi
- Lunch Area 1: 9.4 mi
- Lunch Area 2: 9.4 mi
- Carolands: 6.7 mi
- Len Turner Memorial Vista Point: 7.4 mi
- Pulgas Water Temple: 7.5 mi
- Carl Patrick McCarthy Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Portola Discovery Site of San Francisco Bay: 8.4 mi
- Half Moon Bay State Beach: 1.8 mi
- John L. Carter Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
- Quarry Park: 2.0 mi
- Pillar Point Bluff: 3.0 mi
- Fitzgerald Marine Reserve: 3.8 mi
- Venice Beach: 0.3 mi
- Naples Beach: 0.4 mi
- Mateo Coast State Beaches: 0.5 mi
- Elmar Beach: 0.7 mi
- Miramar Beach: 0.8 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 16.5 mi
- Butano Falls: 18.3 mi
- Butano Falls: 18.3 mi
- Huntington Falls: 19.7 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 19.9 mi
- Summit Spring: 9.0 mi
- Summit Spring: 9.0 mi
- Spring source: 19.9 mi
- El Polín Spring: 21.3 mi
- El Polín Spring: 21.4 mi
- Purissima: 5.9 mi
- Stokes Landing: 18.4 mi
- Russell City: 21.0 mi
- Aramai Point: 8.9 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 24.4 mi
- Chab: 24.7 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 22.9 mi
- Quarters A: 23.0 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 23.3 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Dunes Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borel Hill | SE 129° | 766 m | 17.9 mi |
| Morena Sierra | ESE 122° | 731 m | 9.4 mi |
| Allen Lookout | SE 128° | 708 m | 10.9 mi |
| Skeggs Point | ESE 122° | 703 m | 9.5 mi |
| Langley Hill | SE 132° | 677 m | 15.9 mi |
| Mount Melville | SE 128° | 672 m | 16.4 mi |
| Mindego Hill | SE 134° | 653 m | 17.1 mi |
| Bald Knob | SE 127° | 637 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 60 | 59 | 57 | 54 | 51 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Half Moon BAY, 1 mi away.
Mean tidal range 3.85 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Pillar Point Harbor, Half Moon Bay, CA, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358765013
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