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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

Historic sites
  • 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
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
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
Gardens
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
Attractions
  • Black Rhino: 1.7 mi
  • Bongo: 1.7 mi
  • Gorilla Preserve: 1.7 mi
  • Hippo: 1.7 mi
  • African Aviary: 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
Picnic sites
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 4.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 7.1 mi
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 59
Waterfalls: 13
Springs: 13
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 PeakSSE 162°592.5 m13.0 mi
Montara Mountain North PeakS 172°570 m10.1 mi
Peak MountainS 174°545 m10.1 mi
South PeakS 173°545 m10.5 mi
Ox HillSSE 161°542 m13.3 mi
Montara KnobS 175°487 m10.4 mi
San Bruno Mountain SummitESE 110°371 m3.9 mi
Richardson EastN 1°338.6 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 5080 °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 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358823537

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