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Limantour Beach

Limantour Beach is a beach in California, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Santa Maria Beach, a beach 1.6 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.02469, -122.88053

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Limatour Estero Reserve: 1.8 mi
  • Point Reyes Station Community Park: 5.0 mi
  • Martinelli Park: 5.2 mi
  • Second Valley Path and Open Space: 5.5 mi
  • Tomales Bay State Park: 6.9 mi
Nature reserves: 52
Beaches: 41
Attractions: 19
  • Kule Loklo: 4.4 mi
  • Point Reyes Shipwrecks: 5.3 mi
  • Cypress Tree Tunnel: 5.9 mi
  • Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area: 9.5 mi
  • Tule Elk Reserve, Pierce Pt., Pt. Reyes NS: 11.9 mi
Picnic sites: 18
Museums: 18
Artworks: 17
Gardens: 13
Waterfalls: 12
  • Alamere Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Stairstep Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Roy's Riffles: 11.9 mi
  • Little Carson Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 14.3 mi
Springs: 8
Natural arches: 4
  • Keyhole: 4.6 mi
  • Temple: 5.2 mi
  • Arch Rock: 23.2 mi
  • Bird Island Arch: 23.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 16.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Limantour Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakESE784 m17.8 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakESE778 m17.0 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakESE744 m17.3 mi
Ballou PointESE612 m16.0 mi
Twin KnollsESE597 m15.4 mi
Big Rock RidgeE575 m15.2 mi
Pine MountainESE543 m12.8 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointESE527 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4919:24
June solstice05:5019:5920:38
September equinox07:0018:3519:10
December solstice07:2516:1516:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505355586166686868635550
Precip in7.16.94.42.00.90.10.00.00.11.53.57.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Rafael-civic CTR, 19 mi away.

Mean tidal range 3.91 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Point Reyes, CA, 6 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/445950449

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