Muir Beach
Muir Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the north, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Pirates Cove, a beach 1.0 miles away.
The story
Beach and park in Marin County, California.
Wikidata Q49322126, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Eastwood Park: 2.3 mi
- Kay Park: 2.8 mi
- Stolte Grove: 3.0 mi
- Hawk Hill: 3.1 mi
- Edgewood Park: 3.1 mi
- Redwood Tree Slice: 2.3 mi
- Founders Grove: 2.4 mi
- Stinson tree: 3.4 mi
- Brig Matthew Turner: 4.6 mi
- Golden Gate Bridge: 5.9 mi
- Homestead Hill: 2.5 mi
- Hill 88: 2.7 mi
- Cardiac Hill: 2.9 mi
- Peak 1041: 3.0 mi
- Wooded Knoll: 3.6 mi
- Guardian of the Gate North (Totem 5 of 8): 3.0 mi
- Close to the Wind: 4.8 mi
- Blackie Horse Statue: 5.4 mi
- Tiburon Portugese Mural Wall: 5.6 mi
- El Cid Campeador: 6.6 mi
- Nike Missile Site SF-88: 3.5 mi
- Bay Model Visitor Center: 4.5 mi
- Marinship Exhibit: 4.5 mi
- IDESST Sausalito Portuguese Cultural Center: 4.8 mi
- Bay Area Discovery Museum: 5.7 mi
- WW2 Lookout: 1.8 mi
- Hill 88: 2.7 mi
- Battery O'Rourke: 3.3 mi
- Battery Smith-Guthrie: 3.3 mi
- Old Sawmill: 3.4 mi
- Compton Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden: 7.2 mi
- Argonne School Native Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 8.0 mi
- Argonne School Edible Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 8.0 mi
- Canal Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Muir Woods National Monument: 2.5 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 4.3 mi
- Camino Alto Open Space Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Aramburu Island: 4.6 mi
- Blithedale Summit Open Space Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 3.6 mi
- Barth's Retreat: 4.8 mi
- Rifle Camp: 4.9 mi
- Potrero Camp: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 7.6 mi
- Pirates Cove: 1.0 mi
- Slide Ranch North Beach: 1.7 mi
- Tennessee Beach: 1.9 mi
- Rodeo Beach: 3.0 mi
- Stinson Beach: 4.2 mi
- Kent Falls: 1.7 mi
- Laurel Dell Falls: 5.3 mi
- Dawn Falls: 5.5 mi
- Midway Falls: 5.6 mi
- Helen Markt Falls: 5.8 mi
- Old Spring: 2.5 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 3.0 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 3.5 mi
- Rock Springs: 4.1 mi
- Colier Spring: 5.0 mi
- Vent 5: 2.6 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Rock Fort: 9.2 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 11.5 mi
- Aramai Point: 18.0 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 3.3 mi
- Temple: 14.9 mi
- Keyhole: 15.4 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 4.0 mi
- Quarters A: 12.2 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 12.3 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 3.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Muir Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais East Peak | N 360° | 784 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Peak | NNW 346° | 778 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais Middle Peak | N 352° | 744 m | 4.7 mi |
| Ballou Point | NW 324° | 612 m | 4.4 mi |
| Twin Knolls | NW 326° | 597 m | 5.1 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NNW 333° | 543 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | NNW 347° | 527 m | 4.0 mi |
| Bare Knoll | NW 322° | 478 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 63 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 8.8 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 9.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kentfield, 7 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Point Bonita, Bonita Cove, CA, 4 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/30086887
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