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Gold Bluffs Beach

Gold Bluffs Beach from directly overhead

Gold Bluffs Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Sawtooth Mountain stands 1,758 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fern Canyon, a attraction 0.5 miles away. 102 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.

The story

beach in Humboldt County, California, United States

Wikidata Q49320829, joined on its GNIS feature id.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.39651, -124.06841

102 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 41
  • Orick Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Flint Rock Head / 'O Kneget: 8.9 mi
  • Red Mountain: 12.1 mi
  • South Red Mountain: 12.3 mi
  • Lookout Point: 13.4 mi
Attractions: 14
  • Fern Canyon: 0.5 mi
  • Goldbluff beach: 1.3 mi
  • Corkscrew Tree: 2.9 mi
  • Big Tree: 3.2 mi
  • Prairie Creek Visitor Center: 3.2 mi
Nature reserves: 7
  • Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park: 1.9 mi
  • Murrelet State Wilderness: 2.0 mi
  • Big Lagoon Forest, East Natural Preserve: 14.7 mi
  • Big Lagoon Forest, West Natural Preserve: 14.9 mi
  • Big Lagoon Forest, South Natural Preserve: 15.4 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Redwood Creek Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Hidden Beach: 12.6 mi
  • Wilson Creek Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Agate Beach: 17.0 mi
  • College Cove North: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
Parks: 5
  • Yurok Village Discovery Park: 9.4 mi
  • Big Lagoon County Park: 16.5 mi
  • Luffenholtz Beach Access: 24.7 mi
  • Luffenholtz Beach and Topena Point: 24.8 mi
  • Houda Point: 25.0 mi
Historic sites: 4
Picnic sites: 4
Gardens: 3
Museums: 2
Waterfalls: 1
Springs: 1
  • Cedar Camp Spring: 17.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • The Portal: 23.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sawtooth MountainNE 51°1,758 m23.7 mi
Summit Valley PeakNE 42°1,594 m19.3 mi
Rock Creek ButteENE 66°1,579 m24.2 mi
Blue Creek MountainE 91°1,475 m15.8 mi
Slate Creek ButteE 99°1,475 m20.6 mi
Trail MountainE 84°1,470 m23.6 mi
Onion MountainE 96°1,443 m16.6 mi
Barren ButteE 85°1,326 m15.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:29
June solstice05:4420:1220:54
September equinox07:0518:3919:15
December solstice07:4016:0616:51

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444647495255585957534844

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orick Prairie Creek Park, 4 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Redwood National and State Parks. Quietest months by visitation: Dec and Feb; busiest: Jun.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358821846

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