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Francis Beach

Francis Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. Black Mountain stands 849 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Mateo Coast State Beaches, a beach 0.3 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
8 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.46924, -122.44705

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Oak Avenue Park: 0.6 mi
  • Half Moon Bay Station Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Ocean View Avenue Park: 0.7 mi
  • Frenchmans Creek Community Park: 1.1 mi
  • Smith Field Park: 1.5 mi
Museums
  • Half Moon Bay Jail: 1.1 mi
  • James Johnston House: 1.9 mi
  • Sanchez Adobe Visitor Center: 8.6 mi
  • Bill and Jean Lane Education Center: 9.2 mi
  • Burlingame Hillsborough History Museum: 9.5 mi
Attractions
  • Lemos Farm: 2.3 mi
  • Wing Lam gravesite: 4.6 mi
  • Fitzgerald Marine Reserve: 5.2 mi
  • Arata's Pumpkin Farm: 6.5 mi
  • Long Branch Saloon and Farms: 6.5 mi
Gardens
  • Quarry Park Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Dutch Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Walled Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Chartes Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Daffodil Garden: 7.5 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Picnic sites
Waterfalls: 14
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
  • Aramai Point: 9.9 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 24.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 25.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Francis Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainESE 122°849 m19.5 mi
Borel HillSE 127°766 m17.1 mi
Morena SierraESE 118°731 m8.6 mi
Allen LookoutSE 124°708 m10.1 mi
Skeggs PointESE 117°703 m8.7 mi
Langley HillSE 130°677 m14.9 mi
Mount MelvilleSE 126°672 m15.5 mi
Mindego HillSE 133°653 m16.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:5019:5620:35
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:2116:1516:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515152535557596059575451
Precip in5.14.73.71.81.00.40.10.20.21.32.45.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Half Moon BAY, under a mile away.

Mean tidal range 3.85 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Pillar Point Harbor, Half Moon Bay, CA, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358775699

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