Point Molate Beach
Point Molate Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the west, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Point Molate Beach Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
Beach in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Wikidata Q49323534, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Point Molate Beach Park: 0.0 mi
- Judge George D. Carroll Park: 1.9 mi
- John T Knox Shoreline: 2.2 mi
- Atchison Village Park: 2.2 mi
- George Miller Junior Memorial Regional Shoreline: 2.2 mi
- Nicholl Knob: 2.1 mi
- San Pedro Hill: 3.9 mi
- Clinton Hill: 4.3 mi
- Ring Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Mount Caroline Livermore: 5.6 mi
- Succulent Garden: 3.3 mi
- Canal Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- Lauren Place: 6.7 mi
- Village Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- AMS Garden: 7.0 mi
- Brick Kilns: 2.7 mi
- Rosie the Riveter Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Site of Giant Powder Company: 4.6 mi
- Bat House: 4.9 mi
- Angel Island Immigration Station: 5.0 mi
- North Richmond Wetlands: 3.0 mi
- North Richmond Shoreline: 3.2 mi
- Tern Nesting: 4.0 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Art by local residences.: 1.5 mi
- Richmond Dances and Grows: 3.1 mi
- Amass Joy: 3.2 mi
- Mosaics: 3.2 mi
- Play: 3.2 mi
- Killdeer Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Palms: 4.7 mi
- Giant Cluster: 4.7 mi
- Shoreline: 4.7 mi
- Camp Bay: 4.9 mi
- North Richmond Ballpark: 2.8 mi
- SS Red Oak Victory: 3.5 mi
- China Camp Historic Area: 5.0 mi
- The Mira Vista Rock: 5.3 mi
- Giant Picnic Table: 5.7 mi
- Keller Beach: 1.9 mi
- San Quentin Beach: 3.9 mi
- Bramble Beach: 5.2 mi
- Quarry Beach: 5.7 mi
- Sand Springs Beach: 6.0 mi
- Dawn Falls: 8.2 mi
- Kent Falls: 9.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 11.9 mi
- Laurel Dell Falls: 12.0 mi
- Midway Falls: 12.2 mi
- Old Spring: 9.0 mi
- Worn Springs: 9.2 mi
- Colier Spring: 10.0 mi
- El Polín Spring: 10.4 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 10.9 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 2.5 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Rock Fort: 8.8 mi
- Vent 5: 12.1 mi
- Chab: 21.1 mi
- Quarters A: 9.6 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 9.6 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 10.8 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 10.6 mi
- Temple: 21.6 mi
- Keyhole: 22.0 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 12.6 mi
- Rest Stop: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Point Molate Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais East Peak | W 265° | 784 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Peak | W 263° | 778 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais Middle Peak | W 264° | 744 m | 9.7 mi |
| Vollmer Peak | ESE 111° | 581 m | 11.0 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | ESE 113° | 540 m | 11.1 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | ESE 113° | 531 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | W 260° | 527 m | 10.1 mi |
| Spiral Knob | ESE 116° | 423 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 63 | 57 | 51 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richmond, 2 mi away.
Mean tidal range 4.31 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Chevron Oil Company Pier, Richmond, CA, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/266073976
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