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Navy Beach

Navy Beach is a beach in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,945 m. Mount Dana stands 3,976 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 13 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.94162, -119.02190

Named places within 25 miles

Springs: 35
Historic sites: 25
  • Mono Mills: 5.0 mi
  • Memorial to the Unknown Prospector: 5.3 mi
  • Lee Vining: 5.4 mi
  • Legend of June Lake Slot Machines: 10.1 mi
  • Avalanche of 1911: 10.7 mi
Waterfalls: 12
Parks: 10
Hot springs: 9
  • Warm Springs: 8.7 mi
  • Little Creek Hot Springs: 20.0 mi
  • Hot Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Hot Creek Geological Site: 22.0 mi
  • Shepherd Hot Springs: 22.4 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Navy Beach: 0.1 mi
  • South Tufa Area: 0.3 mi
  • Upside-Down House: 5.4 mi
  • Perched Boulder: 11.3 mi
  • Devils Postpile: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 6
Museums: 5
Picnic sites: 3
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Navy Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DanaWSW 255°3,976 m11.2 mi
Kuna PeakSW 229°3,958 m13.5 mi
Koip PeakSW 228°3,954 m13.2 mi
Parker PeakSW 225°3,919 m12.5 mi
Mount GibbsWSW 247°3,893 m11.3 mi
Blacktop PeakSW 223°3,881 m13.9 mi
Mount WoodSW 221°3,858 m12.0 mi
Mount ConnessW 276°3,825 m16.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:08
June solstice05:3519:4320:23
September equinox06:4518:2018:55
December solstice07:0916:0016:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339455362696861514032
Precip in2.72.71.80.70.70.40.50.40.30.81.42.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LEE Vining, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1316839554

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