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Manhattan Beach

Manhattan Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Turtle Rock stands 812 m to the southeast, 20 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

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: 58
  • 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
Artworks: 57
Picnic sites: 53
Beaches: 44
Waterfalls: 14
Springs: 5
  • Summit Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Spring source: 17.3 mi
  • Bulls Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 21.1 mi
  • Congress Springs: 24.7 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 21.6 miles of Manhattan Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turtle RockSE812 m19.6 mi
Borel HillESE766 m15.3 mi
Morena SierraE731 m7.4 mi
China GradeSE719 m19.4 mi
Allen LookoutESE708 m8.5 mi
Skeggs PointE703 m7.5 mi
Langley HillESE677 m13.1 mi
Mount MelvilleESE672 m13.7 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 50–80 °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 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358821565

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