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Palisades Beach

Palisades Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Verdugo Peak stands 952 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Chess Park @ Palisades Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 15 miles off.

The story

Beach in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

Wikidata Q49322436, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.02334, -118.51314

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens: 60
Peaks
Attractions
Picnic sites: 31
  • Common Grounds: 6.5 mi
  • Lake Side: 8.2 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 8.2 mi
  • Garden Grove: 8.3 mi
  • Picnic Central: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 23
Springs: 11
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 3.5 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 9.4 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Hialeah Springs: 18.8 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Temescal Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 15.3 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 15.3 mi
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 24.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 14.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 20.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Palisades Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Verdugo PeakNE952 m18.8 mi
Castro PeakWNW855 m16.2 mi
Saddle PeakWNW851 m9.0 mi
Tongva PeakNE803 m18.9 mi
Simi PeakNW732 m19.8 mi
Chatsworth PeakNNW692 m17.7 mi
Calabasas PeakNW657 m10.1 mi
Temescal PeakNNW648 m5.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:06
June solstice05:4419:3220:09
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1116:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565657586063656666636057
Precip in3.13.11.70.60.20.10.00.00.00.50.82.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Monica Pier, 1 mi away.

Mean tidal range 3.76 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Santa Monica, Municipal Pier, CA, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358816697

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