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Rockaway Beach

Rockaway Beach from directly overhead

Rockaway Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Kings Mountain stands 637 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Aramai Point, a cliff 0.3 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.60947, -122.49757

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Parks
  • Fairway Park: 1.1 mi
  • Calera Creek Park: 1.2 mi
  • Oddstad Park: 1.4 mi
  • Sharp Park: 1.4 mi
  • Palmetto Mini Park: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks: 58
Gardens: 56
Picnic sites: 53
Waterfalls: 9
Springs: 9
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 15.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 20.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Rockaway Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kings MountainSE637 m15.0 mi
Bald KnobSSE637 m15.1 mi
Scarper PeakSE593 m6.8 mi
Montara Mountain North PeakSSE570 m3.5 mi
Peak MountainSSE545 m3.4 mi
South PeakSSE545 m3.8 mi
Ox HillSE542 m7.1 mi
Montara KnobS487 m3.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
June solstice05:5019:5620:35
September equinox06:5918:3419:08
December solstice07:2216:1516:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525354565860616263615753
Precip in6.16.54.42.41.00.20.00.10.11.52.96.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pacifica 4 SSE, 2 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Seaplane Harbor, CA, 7 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/303682837

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