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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

Artworks: 60
Attractions
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums
Gardens: 60
Parks
Nature reserves: 28
Beaches: 27
Cliffs: 13
  • Del Mar Bluff: 6.0 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 8.8 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 9.4 mi
  • Thumb: 12.1 mi
  • The Underworld: 12.1 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 MountainENE878 m19.4 mi
North Iron MountainENE824 m19.4 mi
Iron MountainENE818 m19.0 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakENE802 m19.7 mi
Middle SummitENE790 m19.4 mi
San Miguel MountainESE782 m21.8 mi
Mount EllieENE744 m19.0 mi
Wildwood MountainENE725 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 mile away — 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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