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Pine Island Beach

Pine Island Beach from directly overhead

Pine Island Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 371 m. Oregon Peak stands 1,047 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Miners Gulch Park, a park 0.2 miles away.

The story

beach in Nevada County, California, United States

Wikidata Q49322530, matched on coordinates and name (12 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
371 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.23323, -121.21273

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Miners Gulch Park: 0.2 mi
  • Vista Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bugler Cove Park: 0.4 mi
  • Commodore Park: 0.5 mi
  • Lake Wildwood Community Center: 0.6 mi
Peaks
  • George Washington Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Piper Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Sugarloaf Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Peardon Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Iron Mountain: 3.6 mi
Historic sites: 22
Museums: 15
Cliffs: 13
Attractions: 9
Springs: 6
  • Oven Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Jackies Orchard Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Holden Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Willow Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Derbec Spring: 20.9 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Bourn Gardens: 9.0 mi
  • Nisenan Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 18.6 mi
  • Community Garden: 19.4 mi
  • Dutch Flat Community Garden: 20.1 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 9.2 mi
  • Overlook Point Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
  • Humbug Creek Picknic: 16.6 mi
  • White Cloud Picnic Site: 20.5 mi
  • Convict Flat Picnic Site: 24.4 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Collins Lake Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Dog Beach: 16.7 mi
  • Turrtle Bend: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Artworks: 2
  • Eagle: 12.9 mi
  • Giant Indian Statues: 23.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Hidden Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 21.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Pine Island Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oregon PeakN 10°1,047 m10.9 mi
Round MountainENE 63°1,004 m12.6 mi
Fountain House HillN 4°982 m12.3 mi
Summit HillNNE 11°960 m12.2 mi
Bald MountainENE 57°950 m12.8 mi
Osborne HillESE 109°933 m10.0 mi
Sugarloaf MountainENE 75°928 m10.7 mi
Montezuma HillNE 52°882 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:3919:5520:35
September equinox06:5318:2819:04
December solstice07:2216:0316:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434548515966737267584843
Precip in9.39.08.24.42.50.70.00.10.42.65.510.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grass Valley #2, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358818988

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