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Opal Beach

Opal Beach from directly overhead

Opal Beach is a beach in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Sabine Sand Hills stands 4 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Lighthouse Pointe Beach Park, a park 2.1 miles away. PENSACOLA BLUFFS HWY passes 13 miles off.

The story

beach in Escambia County, Florida, United States

Wikidata Q49322384, matched on coordinates and name (0 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates30.36472, -86.96250

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lighthouse Pointe Beach Park: 2.1 mi
  • Lighthouse Pointe Playground 2: 2.3 mi
  • Lighthouse Pointe Playground 1: 2.6 mi
  • West Navarre Park: 5.3 mi
  • Bal Alex Boat Ramp/Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions: 33
Museums: 19
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 6
Artworks: 4
Nature reserves: 2
  • Sugar Bowl Protected Area: 7.6 mi
  • Veterans Park Rookery: 22.2 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Cremation Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Aragon Community Garden: 15.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Boiling Creek Bridge: 14.9 mi
  • Langdon Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Sabine Sand Hills: 11.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sabine Sand HillsWSW 258°4 m11.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4719:1819:54
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
December solstice06:4116:1616:52

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525662677481828279696054
Precip in4.74.75.15.23.46.07.38.65.63.84.44.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Choctaw Naval Outlying FLD MIL, 10 mi away.

Mean tidal range 1.29 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Woodlawn Beach, Santa Rosa Sound, FL, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358740257

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