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Phillip Burton Memorial Beach

Phillip Burton Memorial Beach, a beach in California
Phillip Burton Memorial Beach, a beach in CaliforniaClyde Charles Brown · CC BY-SA 4.0

Phillip Burton Memorial Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Scarper Peak stands 593 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Nike Missile SF-59 Site, a historic site 0.5 miles away.

The story

Beach in San Mateo County, California, United States.

Wikidata Q49322516, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
7 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.70688, -122.50247

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Thornton State Beach Overlook: 0.7 mi
  • Westlake Park: 1.0 mi
  • Broderick-Terry Duel Landmark Park: 1.0 mi
  • Lake Merced Park: 1.2 mi
  • Harding Park: 1.2 mi
Artworks
  • Penguin’s Prayer: 1.0 mi
  • Beniamino Bufano "Peace" Statue: 1.5 mi
  • Waterfall Column: 1.6 mi
  • Couple's Statue: 1.6 mi
  • Tiger sculpture: 1.7 mi
Peaks
  • City College Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Edgehill Heights: 3.4 mi
  • Forest Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Mount Davidson: 3.5 mi
  • Larsen Peak: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Fort Funston: 1.0 mi
  • San Francisco State Fish and Game Refuge: 7.4 mi
  • Pedro Point Headlands: 8.4 mi
  • McNee Ranch State Park: 10.6 mi
  • Cypress Ridge Open Space: 10.6 mi
Attractions
  • Black Rhino: 1.7 mi
  • Bongo: 1.7 mi
  • Gorilla Preserve: 1.7 mi
  • Hippo: 1.7 mi
  • African Aviary: 1.7 mi
Beaches: 58
Gardens
Historic sites: 54
  • Nike Missile SF-59 Site: 0.5 mi
  • Battery Davis: 0.8 mi
  • Broderick-Terry Duel: 1.0 mi
  • Broderick-Terry Duel Site: 1.1 mi
  • Carlos III: 1.4 mi
Picnic sites: 54
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 4.0 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 7.1 mi
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 8.3 mi
Waterfalls: 13
Springs: 10
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 8.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 14.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Phillip Burton Memorial Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Scarper PeakSSE593 m13.0 mi
Montara Mountain North PeakS570 m10.1 mi
Peak MountainS545 m10.1 mi
South PeakS545 m10.5 mi
Ox HillSSE542 m13.3 mi
Montara KnobS487 m10.4 mi
San Bruno Mountain SummitESE371 m3.9 mi
Richardson EastN339 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:36
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2216:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525454555557586060605753
Precip in3.94.03.01.40.60.20.00.10.10.92.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Oceanside, 2 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Ocean Beach, outer coast, CA, 5 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358823537

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