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North Beach

North Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Otay Mountain stands 1,067 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

beach in San Diego County, California

Wikidata Q49322269, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.68616, -117.19253

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Site of First Military Flight School: 0.1 mi
  • El Camino Real Bell: 0.8 mi
  • Memorial to Merchant Seamen: 2.0 mi
  • Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument: 2.1 mi
  • National Salute to Bob Hope and the Military: 2.1 mi
Museums
  • Coronado Historical Association: 0.7 mi
  • Ice House Museum: 1.0 mi
  • San Diego Police Museum: 2.1 mi
  • San Diego Police Department Exhibit & Jail Cells: 2.1 mi
  • USS Midway Museum: 2.2 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Peaks: 48
Gardens: 38
Beaches: 23
Cliffs: 20
  • Point Loma: 3.2 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 4.2 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 4.2 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 4.6 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 4.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 4.3 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 16.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • Dog Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 13.2 mi
  • La Honda Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Hubbard Spring: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of North Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Otay MountainESE 107°1,067 m21.2 mi
Sycuan PeakENE 78°840 m23.0 mi
Iron MountainNE 35°818 m24.0 mi
Middle SummitNE 34°790 m24.8 mi
San Miguel MountainE 87°782 m14.9 mi
Mount EllieNNE 32°743.712 m24.7 mi
Wildwood MountainNE 36°725.424 m25.0 mi
SilverdomeNE 50°724 m24.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2420:00
September equinox06:3818:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:1016:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F585860626466707271676257
Precip in1.71.91.40.60.50.10.10.00.20.60.81.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N IS NAS, 1 mi away.

Mean tidal range 4.05 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station SAN DIEGO (Broadway), CA, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358845858

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