Miramar Beach
Miramar Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Morena Sierra stands 731 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Vallejo Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away.
The story
Miramar Beach is a sandy beach in western San Mateo County, California. Miramar Beach is one of the numerous beaches on Half Moon Bay, a Pacific Ocean embayment noted for its surfing and extensive visitation. The marine terrace above the beach itself is situated approximately eight meters above mean sea level, and on this terrace is positioned the small unincorporated community of Miramar, which is a residential setting that also has several coastal visitor serving uses such as restaurant and lodging facilities. A stream named Arroyo de en Medio discharges onto Miramar Beach into the Pacific Ocean. Access to Miramar beach from State Route 1 requires a turn west on Magellan Avenue, then left on Mirada Road. A public trail lies along the blufftop spanning three miles of coastline from Miramar to the city of Half Moon Bay; this trail affords sweeping marine views and good birdwatching.
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Wikidata Q6872697, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mirada Surf: 0.4 mi
- Frenchmans Creek Community Park: 1.2 mi
- Princeton by the Sea Park: 2.0 mi
- Oak Avenue Park: 2.2 mi
- Half Moon Bay Station Beach: 2.5 mi
- Quarry Park Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Dutch Garden: 8.4 mi
- Walled Garden: 8.4 mi
- Chartes Garden: 8.4 mi
- Daffodil Garden: 8.4 mi
- Half Moon Bay Jail: 2.7 mi
- James Johnston House: 3.6 mi
- Sanchez Adobe Visitor Center: 6.8 mi
- Millbrae Museum: 8.3 mi
- Burlingame Hillsborough History Museum: 8.7 mi
- Ox Hill: 2.9 mi
- Scarper Peak: 3.0 mi
- South Peak: 4.5 mi
- Montara Knob: 4.6 mi
- Montara Mountain North Peak: 4.8 mi
- Lemos Farm: 3.0 mi
- Fitzgerald Marine Reserve: 3.5 mi
- Wing Lam gravesite: 4.8 mi
- Arata's Pumpkin Farm: 8.3 mi
- Long Branch Saloon and Farms: 8.3 mi
- Whale Gate: 5.2 mi
- Spirit of Millbrae: 8.3 mi
- over the fence: 8.4 mi
- Orion: 9.1 mi
- Good Life: 9.1 mi
- Creekside Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- San Pedro Valley County Park Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Lunch Area 1: 9.6 mi
- McGarvey Flat: 9.6 mi
- Lunch Area 2: 9.7 mi
- Carolands: 6.5 mi
- Portola Expedition Historical Marker: 7.6 mi
- Len Turner Memorial Vista Point: 7.7 mi
- Carl Patrick McCarthy Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Portola Discovery Site of San Francisco Bay: 7.7 mi
- Vallejo Beach: 0.3 mi
- Naples Beach: 0.4 mi
- El Granada Beach: 0.6 mi
- Dunes Beach: 0.8 mi
- Pillar Point Harbor Beach: 1.0 mi
- Quarry Park: 1.3 mi
- Pillar Point Bluff: 2.3 mi
- Half Moon Bay State Beach: 2.6 mi
- John L. Carter Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
- Fitzgerald Marine Reserve: 3.2 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 15.9 mi
- Huntington Falls: 19.1 mi
- Butano Falls: 19.1 mi
- Butano Falls: 19.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 19.3 mi
- Summit Spring: 9.6 mi
- Summit Spring: 9.6 mi
- Spring source: 20.6 mi
- El Polín Spring: 20.7 mi
- El Polín Spring: 20.7 mi
- Purissima: 6.7 mi
- Stokes Landing: 18.5 mi
- Russell City: 21.0 mi
- Lynn: 24.6 mi
- Aramai Point: 8.1 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 23.7 mi
- Chab: 24.5 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 22.4 mi
- Quarters A: 22.4 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 22.6 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Miramar Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morena Sierra | SE 125° | 731 m | 10.1 mi |
| Allen Lookout | SE 129° | 708 m | 11.7 mi |
| Skeggs Point | SE 124° | 703 m | 10.2 mi |
| Langley Hill | SE 132° | 677 m | 16.6 mi |
| Mount Melville | SE 129° | 672 m | 17.1 mi |
| Mindego Hill | SE 135° | 653 m | 17.8 mi |
| Bald Knob | SE 130° | 637 m | 7.5 mi |
| Kings Mountain | ESE 116° | 637 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:15 | 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 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 60 | 59 | 57 | 54 | 51 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Half Moon BAY, 2 mi away.
Mean tidal range 3.85 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Pillar Point Harbor, Half Moon Bay, CA, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358770845
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