Moonstone Beach
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Moonstone Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Pine Mountain stands 1,093 m to the north, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Moon Stone Beach Park, a park 0.6 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 runs past it. 159 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.
The story
beach in San Luis Obispo county, CA
Wikidata Q49322081, matched on coordinates and name (66 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- On the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
- 20.0 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Leffingwell Landing · 1 mi
- Vista Pt · 1 mi
- Vista Pt · 5 mi
- Vista Area · 6 mi
159 named places within 25 miles
- Scott Rock: 2.3 mi
- Red Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Black Oak Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Porta Suela: 6.8 mi
- Rocky Butte: 7.1 mi
- Moon Stone Beach Park: 0.6 mi
- Shamel Park: 0.7 mi
- San Simeon Beach State Park: 0.7 mi
- Moonstruck Lookout State Park: 1.0 mi
- Pa-nu Cultural Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Santa Rosa Creek Natural Preserve: 0.6 mi
- San Simeon Natural Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Cambria State Marine Conservation Area: 1.5 mi
- Norris Rancho Marino Reserve: 3.5 mi
- White Rock State Marine Conservation Area: 3.6 mi
- Nit Wit Ridge: 1.1 mi
- Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Site: 2.0 mi
- Zebra Viewing Area: 2.4 mi
- South Shore Nacimiento Lake: 12.2 mi
- Nacimiento Grizzly Bend: 12.6 mi
- Cambria Historical Museum: 2.0 mi
- Coastal Discovery Center: 6.3 mi
- Morro Bay Maritime Museum: 20.3 mi
- Morro Bay Skateboard Museum: 20.6 mi
- Morro Bay Museum of Natural History: 21.9 mi
- Hearst Castle: 8.2 mi
- San Marcos Mennonite Cemetary: 19.3 mi
- Morro Rock California Registered Historical Landmark: 19.9 mi
- Nuestra Senora de Esperanza Landing historical marker: 20.0 mi
- Landing of the First Filipinos: 20.0 mi
- William Randolph Hearst Memorial Beach: 6.3 mi
- Cayucos State Beach: 14.7 mi
- Morro Strand State Beach: 17.3 mi
- Morro Rock Beach: 19.8 mi
- Morro Dunes Natural Preserve: 22.1 mi
- Three Troughs Falls: 7.1 mi
- Salmon Creek Falls: 21.5 mi
- Upper Salmon Creek Falls: 21.9 mi
- Manning Falls: 22.2 mi
- Jewel Falls: 24.7 mi
- Sculptures of the Goddess Sekhmet: 8.2 mi
- The Fishermen's Family: 20.0 mi
- Ford Rear Bench: 20.4 mi
- Udderly Osos: 23.0 mi
- Portola's Sacred Expedition: 24.1 mi
- Town Spring: 9.3 mi
- School Spring: 16.0 mi
- Lottie Potrero Spring: 20.1 mi
- Dutra Spring: 20.5 mi
- Buckeye Spring: 23.5 mi
- The Shut-In: 17.7 mi
- Sand Dunes Bluff: 23.8 mi
- Piedras Blancas Light Station: 11.4 mi
- Holloway Garden: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Moonstone Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mountain | N 8° | 1,093 m | 8.0 mi |
| Silver Peak | NW 324° | 1,073 m | 23.3 mi |
| Rocky Butte | NNE 24° | 1,043 m | 7.1 mi |
| Lion Peak | NNW 329° | 1,036 m | 22.4 mi |
| Three Peaks | NNW 330° | 974 m | 21.8 mi |
| Burnett Peak | NNW 348° | 919 m | 12.8 mi |
| Cypress Mountain | ENE 78° | 894 m | 9.2 mi |
| Soda 2 | NW 321° | 874 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:46 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 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 | 53 | 52 | 55 | 56 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 68 | 69 | 65 | 58 | 52 |
| Precip in | 6.0 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hearst Castle, 8 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station San Simeon, CA, 6 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/348451527
Day trips start here
- Central Coast · 2 mi
- Morro Bay · 20 mi
- Los Osos · 24 mi
- Atascadero · 26 mi
- Paso Robles · 26 mi
- San Miguel · 26 mi
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