Minuteman Beach
Minuteman Beach is a beach in California, at a modelled elevation of -1 m. Tepusquet Peak stands 982 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lions Head, a peak 0.9 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 29 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- military
How to reach it
- 29.4 mi off the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lone Oak · 21 mi
- Concrete Turret · 21 mi
- Lover's Point · 21 mi
- Octopus Oak · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Paseo Park: 7.0 mi
- Jack O' Connell Park: 7.1 mi
- Guadalupe Dunes County Park: 7.2 mi
- Cielo Playground: 7.2 mi
- Francisco "Paco" Pereyra Memorial Park: 7.5 mi
- Lions Head: 0.9 mi
- Mount Lospe: 2.5 mi
- Burton Mesa: 9.1 mi
- Newlove Hill: 11.8 mi
- Camelback Hill: 12.9 mi
- Space and Missile Heritage Center: 6.5 mi
- SLC-10W Launch Shed: 6.5 mi
- Rancho de Guadalupe Historical Society Museum: 8.2 mi
- Dunes Center: 8.2 mi
- Visitor Center: 8.9 mi
- Area 7: 10.0 mi
- Area 6: 10.0 mi
- Area 8: 10.0 mi
- Area 4: 10.1 mi
- Area 3: 10.1 mi
- Brown's Beach: 2.5 mi
- Point Sal Beach: 3.3 mi
- Seal Beach: 8.3 mi
- Wall Beach: 10.3 mi
- Oceano Dunes: 17.2 mi
- Independence: 13.3 mi
- Barbeque Flats: 14.8 mi
- ATV Safety Training Area: 14.9 mi
- Worm Valley: 15.0 mi
- Bitter Creek Western Railroad: 15.0 mi
- Operational Silo Test Facility: 5.2 mi
- Oceano WW2 Memorial: 16.9 mi
- Lompoc Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 17.0 mi
- Church ruins: 17.9 mi
- Original Site of Mission de La Purísima Concepción de María Santísima: 17.9 mi
- Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge: 10.4 mi
- Los Flores Ranch Park: 14.7 mi
- Pismo Preserve: 20.7 mi
- Santa Maria Valley Sustainable Garden: 9.6 mi
- Brighton Avenue Garden: 18.4 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 22.3 mi
- Big Spring: 24.6 mi
- Fossil Point: 22.8 mi
- Espada Bluff: 23.1 mi
- Betteravia: 6.8 mi
- Pismo Beach sign: 19.5 mi
- Smugglers Cave: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Minuteman Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tepusquet Peak | E 81° | 982 m | 24.3 mi |
| Los Coches Mountain | ENE 66° | 919 m | 21.8 mi |
| Sudden Peak | SSE 163° | 643 m | 21.1 mi |
| Tranquillon Mountain | S 171° | 628 m | 19.2 mi |
| Oak Mountain | SSE 164° | 612 m | 22.0 mi |
| Redrock Mountain | ESE 120° | 599 m | 22.6 mi |
| Huasna Peak | NE 50° | 577 m | 19.4 mi |
| Boar Peak | NE 48° | 563 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:43 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:17 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 54 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 62 | 64 | 65 | 64 | 62 | 57 | 52 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Maria Public AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/842676336
Day trips start here
- Guadalupe · 8 mi
- Santa Maria · 12 mi
- Nipomo · 14 mi
- Lompoc · 17 mi
- Oceano · 17 mi
- Arroyo Grande · 18 mi
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