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Fish Rock Beach

Fish Rock Beach from directly overhead

Fish Rock Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 27 m. Sanel Mountain stands 994 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Fish Rocks Arch, a natural arch 0.7 miles away. 119 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.

The story

beach in Mendocino County, California, United States

Wikidata Q49320694, joined on its GNIS feature id.

What the record says

Elevation
27 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.80306, -123.58073

119 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 50
  • Little Red Rock Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Gualala Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Eureka Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Inman Rock: 9.8 mi
  • Rockpile Peak: 12.1 mi
Beaches: 15
Nature reserves: 13
Parks: 9
  • Bower Park: 2.8 mi
  • Children's Environmental Play Park: 4.9 mi
  • One-Eyed Jacks: 7.3 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 9.2 mi
  • The Hot Spot: 10.6 mi
Natural arches: 7
  • Fish Rocks Arch: 0.7 mi
  • White Cap Arch: 8.2 mi
  • Hitch'n Post: 11.5 mi
  • Point Arena Arch: 12.4 mi
  • Devils Pitchfork: 23.8 mi
Springs: 6
  • Summit Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Soda Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Cold Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Three Springs: 17.4 mi
  • Laurel Spring: 21.5 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Pumpkin Patch: 23.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 23.9 mi
  • The Tropical: 23.9 mi
  • Rainbow Garden: 24.0 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 24.0 mi
Museums: 4
Artworks: 2
Attractions: 1
  • B Bryan Preserve: 9.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sanel MountainENE 63°994 m22.0 mi
Snow MountainENE 66°950 m22.5 mi
Casabonne PeakNE 39°930 m24.6 mi
Ward MountainENE 69°910 m23.2 mi
Grizzly PeakNE 54°894 m19.9 mi
Cold Spring MountainNNE 11°815 m15.5 mi
Buck PeakNNE 30°810 m12.2 mi
Big MountainESE 105°807 m24.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5119:27
June solstice05:5020:0420:43
September equinox07:0318:3819:13
December solstice07:3016:1516:57

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 27 mi away.

Mean tidal range 3.63 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Green Cove, CA, 10 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358765879

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