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Mateo Coast State Beaches

Mateo Coast State Beaches from directly overhead

Mateo Coast State Beaches is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Borel Hill stands 766 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Venice Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
7 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.47760, -122.44982

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Frenchmans Creek Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • Oak Avenue Park: 1.0 mi
  • Half Moon Bay Station Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Ocean View Avenue Park: 1.3 mi
  • Mirada Surf: 1.7 mi
Museums
  • Half Moon Bay Jail: 1.5 mi
  • James Johnston House: 2.4 mi
  • Sanchez Adobe Visitor Center: 8.0 mi
  • Millbrae Museum: 9.1 mi
  • Burlingame Hillsborough History Museum: 9.1 mi
Attractions
  • Lemos Farm: 2.3 mi
  • Wing Lam gravesite: 4.5 mi
  • Fitzgerald Marine Reserve: 4.7 mi
  • Arata's Pumpkin Farm: 7.1 mi
  • Long Branch Saloon and Farms: 7.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks: 58
Gardens: 55
  • Quarry Park Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Dutch Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Walled Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Chartes Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Daffodil Garden: 7.7 mi
Beaches: 45
Waterfalls: 12
Springs: 5
  • Summit Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Spring source: 19.5 mi
  • El Polín Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Bulls Spring: 23.6 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 23.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Aramai Point: 9.3 mi
  • Yellow Bluff: 24.8 mi
  • Chab: 24.8 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Mateo Coast State Beaches. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Borel HillSE766 m17.5 mi
Morena SierraESE731 m9.0 mi
Allen LookoutSE708 m10.5 mi
Skeggs PointESE703 m9.1 mi
Langley HillSE677 m15.4 mi
Mount MelvilleSE672 m15.9 mi
Mindego HillSE653 m16.7 mi
Bald KnobSE637 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
June solstice05:5019:5620:35
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:2216:1516:56

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, under a mile away.

Mean tidal range 3.85 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Pillar Point Harbor, Half Moon Bay, CA, 3 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358770323

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