Sand Beach
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Sand Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Pescadero Beach, a beach 0.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 13 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pescadero Marsh Natural Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Pigeon Point County Park: 6.2 mi
- La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Butano State Park: 7.4 mi
- Pescadero Creek County Park: 8.2 mi
- Round Hill: 0.9 mi
- Lane Hill: 3.8 mi
- Goat Hill: 4.6 mi
- Mount Ellen: 6.6 mi
- Butano Peak: 6.8 mi
- Pescadero State Beach: 1.2 mi
- San Mateo Coast State Beaches: 1.8 mi
- Bean Hollow State Beach: 2.9 mi
- Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park: 5.0 mi
- The Cone Cult: 7.7 mi
- Sandy Point Lookout: 9.4 mi
- Johansen Mill Site: 10.6 mi
- BCPA Flight 304 Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Ted Norton's Rock: 11.4 mi
- Audry C. Rust Commemorative Site: 11.9 mi
- Dialogue: 8.8 mi
- Old Barn: 9.0 mi
- Stone Head: 10.2 mi
- Whale Gate: 10.5 mi
- Woodside Horses: 14.0 mi
- Nature Circle: 14.6 mi
- Fruit Garden: 14.7 mi
- Daffodil Garden: 14.7 mi
- Panel Garden: 14.7 mi
- Knot Garden: 14.7 mi
- Choctaw Youth Camp: 8.0 mi
- Madrone Day Use Area: 10.6 mi
- Tan Oak Day Use Area: 10.6 mi
- McGarvey Flat: 12.7 mi
- Oak Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Oil Storage Building: 6.2 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 6.2 mi
- James Johnston House: 12.4 mi
- David C. Daniels Nature Center: 12.6 mi
- Carriage Room Museum: 12.6 mi
- Pescadero Beach: 0.6 mi
- Bean Hollow State Beach: 1.9 mi
- Pebble Beach: 2.4 mi
- Arroyo De Los Frijoles Beach: 3.1 mi
- San Gregorio Beach: 3.6 mi
- Arata's Pumpkin Farm: 7.7 mi
- Long Branch Saloon and Farms: 7.8 mi
- Towne Trail: 9.9 mi
- Lemos Farm: 14.4 mi
- Castle Rock State Park. Red Mountain Day Use Area: 15.1 mi
- Butano Falls: 5.5 mi
- Golden Falls: 10.0 mi
- Silver Falls: 10.1 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 10.5 mi
- Berry Creek Falls: 10.6 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 13.4 mi
- China Ladder: 16.4 mi
- Cal Poly Bluffs: 17.3 mi
- Underworld Rock: 17.5 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 17.8 mi
- Summit Spring: 12.1 mi
- Bulls Spring: 12.7 mi
- Spring source: 14.0 mi
- Travertine Springs: 15.0 mi
- Congress Springs: 19.6 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Sand Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | E 101° | 985 m | 17.8 mi |
| Castle Rock | E 100° | 979 m | 17.5 mi |
| The Peak | E 101° | 917 m | 19.0 mi |
| Lookout Tower | E 96° | 892 m | 16.6 mi |
| Goat Rock | E 100° | 890 m | 16.9 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | ESE 101° | 880 m | 19.2 mi |
| Summit Rock | E 97° | 878 m | 17.2 mi |
| Varian Peak | E 100° | 873 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:16 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 51 | 51 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 57 | 52 | 50 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 6.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Gregorio 2 SE, 4 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Ano Nuevo Island, CA, 12 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358774659
Day trips start here
- Santa Cruz · 29 mi
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