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Oil Piers Beach

Oil Piers Beach, a beach in California
Oil Piers Beach, a beach in CaliforniaMountain Mike Johans… · CC BY 3.0
Oil Piers Beach, a beach in California
Mountain Mike Johans… · CC BY 3.0
Oil Piers Beach, a beach in California
Mountain Mike Johans… · CC BY 3.0
Oil Piers Beach, a beach in California
Mountain Mike Johans… · CC BY 3.0

Oil Piers Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Reyes Peak stands 2,284 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Park Number Five, a park 0.9 miles away. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

Beach in Ventura County, California, United States.

Wikidata Q49322341, joined on its GNIS feature id.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.35383, -119.42983
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Park Number Five: 0.9 mi
  • Hobson County Park: 1.6 mi
  • Rincon Beach County Park: 3.2 mi
  • Park Number Three: 3.3 mi
  • Carpinteria Bluffs III: 3.9 mi
Artworks: 53
  • Carpinteria Warrior: 6.3 mi
  • China Alley Memorial: 9.1 mi
  • Phoenix: 9.5 mi
  • Ventura Vinnie: 9.5 mi
  • Ventura V: 10.4 mi
Peaks: 49
  • Rincon Mountain: 1.4 mi
  • Shephard Mesa peak: 3.9 mi
  • La Granada Mountain: 4.4 mi
  • Red Mountain: 4.9 mi
  • Twin Peaks: 5.6 mi
Historic sites: 45
Museums: 41
Beaches: 31
Attractions: 25
Gardens: 23
Springs: 16
  • Montecito Hot Springs: 14.1 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Bellyache Springs: 14.4 mi
  • Agua Caliente Spring: 14.9 mi
  • La Carpa Spring: 17.4 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Picnic sites: 14
  • Area 2: 6.5 mi
  • Area 4: 9.2 mi
  • Harriet Miller Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
  • Upper Rose Valley Lake Day Use Area: 18.9 mi
  • Red Rock Picnic Site: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Hot Springs Falls: 13.9 mi
  • 33 Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Tangerine Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Seven Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Rose Valley Falls: 18.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
Natural arches: 2
  • San Roque Arch: 19.7 mi
  • Arch Rock: 23.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Little Caliente Spring: 16.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Reyes PeakNNE2,284 m20.9 mi
Haddock MountainNNE2,265 m21.5 mi
Thorn PointNE2,092 m24.5 mi
Hines PeakENE2,041 m22.9 mi
Topatopa BluffENE1,945 m20.9 mi
Monte AridoN1,831 m13.0 mi
Chief PeakNE1,703 m18.4 mi
Old Man MountainN1,688 m11.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3719:10
June solstice05:4719:3720:14
September equinox06:4718:2318:56
December solstice07:0116:1416:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505154586266727270635549
Precip in5.15.23.41.10.50.10.10.00.10.81.32.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ojai, 13 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 3.72 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Rincon Island, Mussel Shoals, CA, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/38246793

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