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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

Peaks
Museums
Parks
Artworks
Nature reserves
Gardens: 59
  • 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
Historic sites: 57
  • 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
Picnic sites: 54
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 3.7 mi
  • Killdeer Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
  • Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 5.3 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 7.0 mi
Beaches: 46
Attractions
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 11
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 PeakNW784 m9.2 mi
Cardiac HillWNW413 m9.4 mi
Richardson EastW339 m3.3 mi
Peak 1041W317 m4.6 mi
Knob HillNW285 m8.8 mi
Mount DavidsonS283 m8.1 mi
Slacker HillWSW282 m3.1 mi
Hawk HillWSW281 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 50–80 °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 mile away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/250882642

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