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Puerco Beach

Puerco Beach, a beach in California
Puerco Beach, a beach in CaliforniaNOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Puerco Beach, a beach in California
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Puerco Beach, a beach in California
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain

Puerco Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Sandstone Peak stands 948 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Malibu Bluffs Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 27 miles off.

About

The story

beach in Los Angeles County, California, United States

Wikidata Q49324409, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
7 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.03140, -118.71870

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
  • Legacy Park: 1.7 mi
  • Vista Point (Courtesy of Caltrans): 6.3 mi
  • Dolphin View: 6.4 mi
  • Juan Bautista de Anza Park: 6.6 mi
  • Trancas Canyon Park: 7.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
  • Cactus Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Herb Garden: 8.8 mi
  • East Garden: 8.9 mi
  • The Secret Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Gardens of the World: 12.5 mi
Beaches: 27
Picnic sites: 21
Cliffs: 6
  • Malibu Bluffs: 0.9 mi
  • Kima Point: 12.5 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 13.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 3.6 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 3.6 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Sycamore Falls: 15.1 mi
Springs: 6
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 10.1 mi
  • The Grotto: 13.0 mi
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 14.9 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 15.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 12.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Puerco Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandstone PeakWNW 297°948 m13.7 mi
Tri PeaksWNW 295°917 m14.7 mi
Exchange PeakWNW 294°899 m14.2 mi
Big DomeWNW 296°887.5 m14.6 mi
Boney MountainWNW 292°865 m14.9 mi
Castro PeakNW 314°855 m5.4 mi
Saddle PeakNE 48°851 m4.9 mi
Rocky PeakNNE 15°797 m18.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3419:07
June solstice05:4519:3320:10
September equinox06:4418:2018:53
December solstice06:5716:1216:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565657586063656666636057
Precip in3.13.11.70.60.20.10.00.00.00.50.82.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Monica Pier, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358796570

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