Skip to content

Monte Rio Community Beach

Monte Rio Community Beach from directly overhead

Monte Rio Community Beach is a beach in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Centennial Mountain stands 747 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Sandy Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away.

The story

census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States

Wikidata Q2637332, matched on coordinates and name (539 m apart).

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates38.46662, -123.00982

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Creekside Park: 0.5 mi
  • Vacation Beach Park: 1.2 mi
  • Angelo Boles Memorial Grove: 1.9 mi
  • Henry N. Pacheco Memorial Playground: 2.1 mi
  • Guerneville River Park: 2.5 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Historic sites: 39
Beaches: 36
Gardens: 28
  • Creekside Park Communal Orchard and Farm: 0.5 mi
  • Rio Nido Community Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Ren Brown Gallery Zen Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Inn at the Tides Sculpture Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Ragle Ranch Peace Garden: 9.8 mi
Attractions: 14
Museums: 13
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 5
  • Campo Gianni: 2.4 mi
  • Oak Savanna Group Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
  • Birthday Party Area: 18.5 mi
  • Creekside Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
  • Lawson Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Gravelly Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Skaggs Springs: 15.7 mi
  • Johnny Brown Springs: 19.9 mi
  • Hunter Spring: 20.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Arched Rock: 6.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Monte Rio Community Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Centennial MountainNNW 338°747 m17.6 mi
Pole MountainWNW 294°672 m6.5 mi
Buck KnollN 353°627 m9.5 mi
High RockNW 320°611 m12.6 mi
Little Black MountainWNW 299°598 m6.8 mi
Red HillNNW 333°598 m15.4 mi
McCray MountainN 8°585 m6.8 mi
Queens PeakN 9°584 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4919:24
June solstice05:4920:0120:40
September equinox07:0118:3619:11
December solstice07:2716:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495153565964656665625448
Precip in10.89.97.03.72.00.60.10.10.22.65.711.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Occidental, 6 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Bodega Harbor entrance, CA, 11 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/759767100

More beaches in California

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Monte Rio Community Beach.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens