Goat Rock Beach
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Goat Rock Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Big Mountain stands 807 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Goat Rock, a cliff 0.3 miles away.
The story
Goat Rock Beach is a sand beach in northwestern Sonoma County, California, United States. This landform is a sub-unit of Sonoma Coast State Beach, owned and managed by the State of California. At the northern terminus of Goat Rock Beach is the mouth of the Russian River, and the southern end of this crescent shaped expanse is the massive Goat Rock, an iconic outcrop of the Sonoma Coast, which is barely attached to the mainland by a narrow isthmus. Goat Rock Beach is frequented by beachcombing visitors, but usually not in high numbers, except in mid-summer; there is some wading and surfing activity, although these uses are moderated by the rip current generated by a steep gradient into the water that leads to an underwater trench parallel to the waterline. The beach is also a regular resting ground for a variety of gulls (including Western Gull, California Gull, and Ring Billed Gull), river otters, elephant seals, harbor seals, and sea lions, with the latter three species often hauling out of the Pacific Ocean. The state of California recommends that a 50-yard (46 m) distance be preserved between human visitors and the seasonal marine mammals, especially in the pupping season.
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Wikidata Q5575330, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Goat Rock: 0.4 mi
- Peaked Hill: 1.1 mi
- Red Hill: 3.0 mi
- Little Black Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Eagle Rock: 3.8 mi
- Creekside Park: 6.3 mi
- Carrington Coast Ranch Regional Park and Open Space Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Vacation Beach Park: 6.8 mi
- Angelo Boles Memorial Grove: 7.2 mi
- Henry N. Pacheco Memorial Playground: 7.3 mi
- Spawn: 9.1 mi
- Poseidon: 9.2 mi
- Frolicking Dolphin: 9.2 mi
- Scuba Brown: 9.5 mi
- Whale Ballet (Totem 6 of 8): 10.1 mi
- Jenner Beach: 0.6 mi
- Blind Beach: 0.7 mi
- Shell Beach: 2.3 mi
- Wright's Beach: 3.4 mi
- Portuguese Beach: 5.1 mi
- Fort Ross: 7.9 mi
- Elizabeth "Liz" Burko Memorial Bridge: 8.0 mi
- Windmill: 8.1 mi
- Children's Bell Tower: 8.3 mi
- Children's Bell Tower: 8.3 mi
- Creekside Park Communal Orchard and Farm: 6.3 mi
- Ren Brown Gallery Zen Garden: 8.6 mi
- Inn at the Tides Sculpture Garden: 9.2 mi
- Rio Nido Community Garden: 9.4 mi
- Ragle Ranch Peace Garden: 15.4 mi
- Jenner Headlands Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Pole Mountain Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Sonoma Coast State Park: 4.2 mi
- Little Black Mountain Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Patterson Point Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Duncans Mills Depot Museum: 4.0 mi
- Korbel Museum: 9.8 mi
- Visitor Center: 13.8 mi
- West County Museum: 16.7 mi
- Healdsburg Museum: 18.1 mi
- Tides Restaurant Original Facade: 9.2 mi
- Whaling Artifacts: 9.3 mi
- Whale Jaw Bone: 9.5 mi
- Korbel Winery Tour: 9.7 mi
- Iron Horse Vineyards: 12.4 mi
- Goat Rock: 0.3 mi
- Osprey Rocks: 5.9 mi
- Tomales Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Deadman Cliff: 20.4 mi
- Campo Gianni: 6.1 mi
- Oak Savanna Group Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Birthday Party Area: 24.8 mi
- Gravelly Spring: 10.8 mi
- Skaggs Springs: 18.0 mi
- Johnny Brown Springs: 19.8 mi
- Arched Rock: 0.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Goat Rock Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Mountain | N 357° | 807 m | 18.3 mi |
| Centennial Mountain | N 359° | 747 m | 17.7 mi |
| Pole Mountain | N 5° | 672 m | 4.1 mi |
| Buck Knoll | NNE 25° | 627 m | 12.0 mi |
| High Rock | N 351° | 611 m | 11.3 mi |
| Little Black Mountain | N 4° | 598 m | 4.7 mi |
| Red Hill | N 358° | 598 m | 15.2 mi |
| McCray Mountain | NE 41° | 585 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:14 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 50 | 50 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 53 | 49 |
| Precip in | 7.2 | 7.0 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 8.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Ross, 8 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Fort Ross, CA, 8 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/282846473
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