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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. Banner Mountain stands 1,188 m to the east, 13 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: 5
  • Bourn Gardens: 9.0 mi
  • Nisenan Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 18.6 mi
  • Dutch Flat Community Garden: 20.1 mi
  • Toride Japan Sister City Garden: 23.6 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
Picnic sites: 4
  • 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
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 13.3 miles of Pine Island Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Banner MountainE1,188 m13.3 mi
Oregon PeakN1,047 m10.9 mi
Round MountainENE1,004 m12.6 mi
Fountain House HillN982 m12.3 mi
Summit HillNNE960 m12.2 mi
Osborne HillESE933 m10.0 mi
Sugarloaf MountainENE928 m10.7 mi
Montezuma HillNE882 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 50–80 °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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