Monastery Beach
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Monastery Beach is a beach in California, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Uncle Sam Mountain stands 1,445 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Ichxenta Point, a peak 0.2 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 runs past it.
The story
Beach in Monterey County, California, United States.
Wikidata Q49322065, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- On the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Rumsien Overlook · 1 mi
- China Lookout · 4 mi
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 4 mi
- Granite Canyon Bridge · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ichxenta Point: 0.2 mi
- Granite Point: 0.5 mi
- Coal Chute Point: 0.6 mi
- Cannery Point: 0.8 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 0.9 mi
- Carmel River Lagoon and Wetland Nature Reserve: 0.8 mi
- Carmel Youth Baseball Larson Field: 1.3 mi
- Mission Trails Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Carmel Beach City Park: 1.8 mi
- Piccadilly Park: 2.1 mi
- Ohlone Coastal Cultural Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Carmel River State Beach: 0.5 mi
- Carmel River Bird Sanctuary: 0.9 mi
- Carmel River Lagoon and Wetland Natural Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Point Lobos State Natural Reserve: 1.0 mi
- Whalers Cabin and Whaling Station Museum: 0.8 mi
- Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Museum: 1.4 mi
- The Sir Harry Downie Museum: 1.4 mi
- Center for Photographic Art: 1.9 mi
- Monterey Museum of Art - La Mirada: 5.3 mi
- Sunset Cultural Center: 1.9 mi
- Victorine Ranch: 3.3 mi
- Yadon Plaque: 3.4 mi
- Ingersol Family Statue: 5.7 mi
- Monterey Customhouse: 5.7 mi
- Walker House: 1.4 mi
- Lone Cypress: 3.7 mi
- Seal Rock: 4.9 mi
- Chris' Fishing Trips and Whale Watching: 5.9 mi
- Randy's Fishing Trips: 5.9 mi
- Carmel River State Beach: 0.7 mi
- Weston Beach: 1.2 mi
- Hidden Beach: 1.2 mi
- Gibson Beach: 1.4 mi
- Carmel Beach: 1.9 mi
- Images of Pebble Beach: 3.3 mi
- Pietro Ferrante Statue: 5.8 mi
- Santa Rosalia Statue: 5.8 mi
- The Fisherman: 5.9 mi
- Otter Statue: 6.8 mi
- Talcot Bates Grove and Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Monterey Pines Group Area: 4.6 mi
- East Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- Veteran's Park Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- El Estero Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Our Green Thumb Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Memory Garden: 5.7 mi
- Pacific Grove Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Sand City Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Yorktown community garden: 13.1 mi
- Fern Falls: 11.2 mi
- Pico Blanco Falls: 13.9 mi
- Firehose Falls: 16.3 mi
- Highbride Falls: 18.0 mi
- Pfeiffer Falls: 20.2 mi
- Pat Springs: 15.1 mi
- Cahoon Spring: 24.6 mi
- Lafler Creek Spring: 24.8 mi
- Point Pinos Lighthouse: 7.5 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 15.1 mi
- Cavalry Bluff: 14.2 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 17.2 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 20.7 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Monastery Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uncle Sam Mountain | SE 136° | 1,445 m | 17.6 mi |
| Kandlbinder Peak | SE 146° | 1,418 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mount Carmel | SE 141° | 1,344 m | 12.3 mi |
| Danish Creek Peak | SE 136° | 1,298 m | 15.4 mi |
| Mulberger Dome | SSE 146° | 1,271 m | 19.2 mi |
| Little Pines | SE 136° | 1,266 m | 16.1 mi |
| Devils Peak | SE 142° | 1,261 m | 12.9 mi |
| Big Pines Peak | SE 139° | 1,235 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:52 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:16 | 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 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 61 | 56 | 52 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monterey, 6 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Carmel Cove, Carmel Bay, CA, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/36981154
Day trips start here
- Carmel · 2 mi
- Carmel Point · 2 mi
- Monterey · 6 mi
- Pacific Grove · 7 mi
- Seaside · 8 mi
- Carmel Valley · 11 mi
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