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Radio Beach

Radio Beach, a beach in California
Radio Beach, a beach in CaliforniaClotee Pridgen Alloc… · CC BY-SA 3.0
Radio Beach, a beach in California
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Radio Beach is a beach in California, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the northeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Toll Plaza Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away.

About

The story

The Radio Beach Shoreline is the only beach in Oakland, California. On the San Francisco Bay, it borders the onramp to the Bay Bridge, leading into San Francisco. Its name refers to the radio towers on the beach. The beach is also known as 'Toll Plaza beach' due to its location next to the toll booths for the Bay Bridge. It's a popular place among kitesurfers from March to June. It is a bayfront beach on the north side of the San Francisco Bay Bridge approach past the toll plaza. Views of the bay north of Oakland, Mount Tamalpais, Angel Island and the Tiburon Peninsula can be seen from it.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7280678, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.82351, -122.32108
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Davenport Mini Park: 1.1 mi
  • Davenport Mini Park: 1.2 mi
  • Emeryville Marina Park: 1.3 mi
  • Portview Park: 1.3 mi
  • Marina Park: 1.3 mi
Artworks
  • Bottoms Up! Mural: 1.4 mi
  • 10th Street Woman Mural: 1.5 mi
  • One Love West Africa Mural: 1.6 mi
  • Free Montgomery Mural: 1.6 mi
  • Black Panther Mural: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
  • City Slicker Farms: 2.1 mi
  • Big Daddy's Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • People's Grocery Garden: 2.3 mi
  • A Place for Sustainable Living: 2.5 mi
  • Afrikatown Community Garden: 2.6 mi
Museums
Peaks
Picnic sites
  • Cinderella's Party Area: 3.4 mi
  • Japanese Party Area: 3.5 mi
  • Circus Party Area: 3.5 mi
  • Neptune: 4.4 mi
  • Croll's Garden: 4.5 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 49
Springs: 24
Waterfalls: 15
Cliffs: 9
Ghost towns: 7
Lighthouses: 3
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 11.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 17.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Radio Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Vollmer PeakNE 53°581 m6.8 mi
Chaparral PeakNE 55°540 m6.6 mi
Grizzly PeakNE 50°531 m6.3 mi
Round TopENE 75°531 m7.2 mi
Barberry PeakENE 62°513 m6.7 mi
Volcanic PeakENE 70°498 m7.1 mi
Eureka PeakENE 57°495 m7.1 mi
Redwood PeakE 93°493 m7.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:21
June solstice05:4819:5620:35
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2216:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535557596163646566645852
Precip in4.44.33.21.40.70.20.00.10.11.12.44.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakland Museum, 4 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Oakland, Matson Wharf, CA, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/792955849

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