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Mattole Beach

Mattole Beach, a beach in California
Mattole Beach, a beach in CaliforniaTony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mattole Beach, a beach in California
blmcalifornia · Public domain
Mattole Beach, a beach in California
blmcalifornia · Public domain
Mattole Beach, a beach in California
Andrew E. Weber (published on Flickr by account named www.Pixel.la Free Stock Photos , not by the author) · CC0
Mattole Beach, a beach in California
John Leszczynski from Washington, DC, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0

Mattole Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. King Peak stands 1,246 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Strawberry Rock, a peak 0.6 miles away. 104 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.

About

The story

beach in Humboldt County, California, United States

Wikidata Q49321996, matched on coordinates and name (8 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
5 m
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Coordinates40.28894, -124.35729
Around it

104 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 43
  • Strawberry Rock: 0.6 mi
  • Barksdale Table: 1.1 mi
  • Windy Point Peak: 1.3 mi
  • Moore Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Punta: 2.0 mi
Parks: 15
  • Colline Killmotor: 1.6 mi
  • Arthur W Way County Memorial Park: 6.9 mi
  • Arthur W. Way County Memorial Park: 6.9 mi
  • Honeydew Creek Day Use Area: 13.4 mi
  • Fireman's Park: 18.4 mi
Historic sites: 9
Attractions: 7
  • George C. Lindley Memorial Bridge: 4.3 mi
  • Flat Iron Tree: 19.7 mi
  • Ferndale Tourist Information Center: 20.5 mi
  • The Immortal Tree: 22.3 mi
  • Dyerville Giant: 23.1 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 4
  • Telegraph Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Miller Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Bonus Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Pepperwood Spring: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Lost Coast: 10.7 mi
  • Centerville Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Black Sands Beach: 22.1 mi
  • Dyerville River Bar: 23.3 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Bureau of Land Management Lands: 22.4 mi
  • Mario Machi: 23.9 mi
  • Giant Wooden Cross: 24.1 mi
Museums: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Elephant Rock: 16.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mattole Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
King PeakSE 127°1,246 m15.3 mi
South Rainbow PeakENE 73°1,078 m13.2 mi
North Slide PeakSE 128°1,060 m11.8 mi
Taylor PeakNE 50°1,030 m9.4 mi
Grasshopper MountainE 86°1,028 m20.0 mi
Rainbow PeakNE 54°1,026 m12.4 mi
Saddle MountainSE 130°1,003 m17.6 mi
Mount PierceNE 55°970 m15.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5419:30
June solstice05:4920:1020:51
September equinox07:0618:4019:16
December solstice07:3716:1216:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505051535759626362585348
Precip in8.67.86.93.91.90.60.10.10.52.45.29.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scotia, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/497953611

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