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La Jolla Shores Beach

La Jolla Shores Beach, a beach in California
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La Jolla Shores Beach, a beach in California
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La Jolla Shores Beach, a beach in California
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La Jolla Shores Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is La Jolla Shores Park, a park 0.2 miles away.

About

The story

beach in San Diego County, California, United States

Wikidata Q49321703, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
6 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.86144, -117.25531
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums
Gardens
Nature reserves: 28
Beaches: 28
Cliffs: 19
  • Del Mar Bluff: 6.0 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 8.8 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 9.4 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 9.4 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 10.0 mi
Springs: 7
  • Dog Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 16.5 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 18.5 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 6.4 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 10.5 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 12.1 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of La Jolla Shores Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainENE 58°878 m19.4 mi
North Iron MountainENE 62°824 m19.4 mi
Iron MountainENE 66°818 m19.0 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakENE 64°802 m19.7 mi
Middle SummitENE 64°790 m19.4 mi
San Miguel MountainESE 121°782 m21.8 mi
Mount EllieENE 63°743.712 m19.0 mi
Wildwood MountainENE 66°725.424 m19.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:01
September equinox06:3818:1518:47
December solstice06:4816:1016:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555658606264687068655955
Precip in2.32.51.40.60.30.00.10.00.20.60.71.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Seaworld, 7 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 3.69 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf), CA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358787126

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