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La Costa Beach

La Costa Beach from directly overhead

La Costa Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Oat Mountain stands 1,138 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Carbon - La Costa Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 22 miles off.

About

The story

Beach in Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, United States.

Wikidata Q42214376, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.03727, -118.64086

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Vista Point (Courtesy of Caltrans): 1.9 mi
  • Dolphin View: 2.0 mi
  • Legacy Park: 2.7 mi
  • Bonnell Park (Private): 4.8 mi
  • Santa Ynez Canyon Park: 4.8 mi
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Microwave Communications Tower Ruins: 3.2 mi
  • Topanga Lookout Tower: 3.8 mi
  • Mott Adobe Ruins: 6.0 mi
  • Keller House: 6.4 mi
  • Tropical Terrace: 6.5 mi
Attractions
  • The Notorious Byrd Brothers Album Cover Location: 4.3 mi
  • M*A*S*H Filming Location: 7.2 mi
  • Maison Johnny Halliday: 7.5 mi
  • Inkie's Scrambler: 8.4 mi
  • Pacific Wheel: 8.4 mi
Gardens: 59
  • East Garden: 4.4 mi
  • The Secret Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Cactus Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Yale Street Urban Garden: 9.7 mi
  • 19th Street Community Farm: 9.8 mi
Artworks
  • First Lights: 4.2 mi
  • Drunken Satyr: 4.3 mi
  • Runner: 4.3 mi
  • Bust of a Poet or Philosopher (Pseudo-Seneca): 4.4 mi
  • Bust of a Youth: 4.4 mi
Picnic sites: 31
Beaches: 26
Nature reserves: 15
Waterfalls: 7
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 7.9 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 8.0 mi
  • Sycamore Falls: 18.9 mi
Springs: 7
  • Eagle Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 10.5 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 11.7 mi
  • Hialeah Springs: 16.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 14.2 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of La Costa Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oat MountainN1,138 m20.3 mi
Sandstone PeakWNW948 m17.6 mi
Tri PeaksWNW917 m18.6 mi
Exchange PeakWNW899 m18.2 mi
Big DomeWNW888 m18.5 mi
Boney MountainWNW865 m19.0 mi
Castro PeakWNW855 m8.9 mi
Saddle PeakNNW851 m2.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3419:07
June solstice05:4419:3320:10
September equinox06:4318:2018:53
December solstice06:5716:1216:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565657586063656666636057
Precip in3.13.11.70.60.20.10.00.00.00.50.82.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Monica Pier, 8 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 3.76 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Santa Monica, Municipal Pier, CA, 8 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1082435163

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