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Perles Beach

Perles Beach from directly overhead

Perles Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Batteries, a historic site 0.1 miles away.

The story

beach in Marin County, California, United States

Wikidata Q49322508, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.85509, -122.43825

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Batteries: 0.1 mi
  • Battery Drew: 0.2 mi
  • Point Knox: 0.2 mi
  • Camp Reynolds (West Garrison): 0.4 mi
  • Ayala Cove: 0.9 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Picnic sites
Museums
Parks
Artworks
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Michelangelo Community Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Filbert Steps Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Grace Marchant Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Compton Community Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Gateway Community Garden: 5.0 mi
Beaches: 46
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 13
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 5.8 mi
  • Temple: 21.7 mi
  • Keyhole: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 10.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Perles Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakNW 304°784 m9.2 mi
Cardiac HillWNW 288°413 m9.4 mi
Richardson EastW 265°338.6 m3.3 mi
Peak 1041W 270°317.297 m4.6 mi
Knob HillNW 309°285 m8.8 mi
Mount DavidsonS 186°283 m8.1 mi
Slacker HillWSW 244°282 m3.1 mi
Hawk HillWSW 241°281 m3.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:36
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:2316:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515456586163636465635751
Precip in4.84.83.21.60.70.30.00.10.01.42.74.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richmond, 6 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Angel Island (west side), CA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/250882642

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