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Manhattan Beach

Manhattan Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Black Mountain stands 849 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cowell Ranch Beach, a beach 0.7 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
13 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.43077, -122.43998

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Smith Field Park: 1.2 mi
  • Johnson House Historic Site: 1.6 mi
  • Half Moon Bay Station Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Ocean View Avenue Park: 2.1 mi
  • Oak Avenue Park: 2.6 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Lemos Farm: 3.9 mi
  • Arata's Pumpkin Farm: 3.9 mi
  • Long Branch Saloon and Farms: 3.9 mi
  • Wing Lam gravesite: 6.2 mi
  • Fitzgerald Marine Reserve: 7.6 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Quarry Park Community Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Dutch Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Walled Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Daffodil Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Fruit Garden: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites
Beaches: 45
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 6
  • Summit Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Summit Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Spring source: 17.3 mi
  • Bulls Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 21.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Aramai Point: 12.6 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 22.8 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 23.5 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 23.7 mi
  • Waddell Bluffs: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Manhattan Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainESE 116°849 m17.8 mi
Turtle RockSE 125°812 m19.6 mi
Borel HillESE 120°766 m15.3 mi
Morena SierraE 101°731 m7.4 mi
China GradeSE 140°719 m19.4 mi
Allen LookoutESE 111°708 m8.5 mi
Skeggs PointE 101°703 m7.5 mi
Langley HillESE 122°677 m13.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:5019:5620:35
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:2116:1516:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515152535557596059575451
Precip in5.14.73.71.81.00.40.10.20.21.32.45.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Half Moon BAY, 3 mi away.

Mean tidal range 3.85 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Pillar Point Harbor, Half Moon Bay, CA, 6 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358821565

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