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Sand Beach

Sand Beach, a beach in California
Sand Beach, a beach in Californiachucknado · CC BY 2.0
Sand Beach, a beach in California
Charles Nadeau from San Mateo, CA · CC BY 2.0

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.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
13 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.27122, -122.41028
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Picnic sites
  • 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
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens: 57
  • Community Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Nature Circle: 14.6 mi
  • Fruit Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Daffodil Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Panel Garden: 14.7 mi
Museums: 45
Beaches: 43
Attractions: 27
Waterfalls: 14
Springs: 8
  • Summit Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Summit Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Bulls Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Spring source: 14.0 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 15.0 mi
Cliffs: 8
Ghost towns: 4
Covered bridges: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiE 101°985 m17.8 mi
Castle RockE 100°979 m17.5 mi
The PeakE 101°917 m19.0 mi
Lookout TowerE 96°892 m16.6 mi
Goat RockE 100°890 m16.9 mi
Summit RockE 97°878 m17.2 mi
Varian PeakE 100°873 m16.5 mi
Black MountainENE 77°849 m14.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:5019:5520:34
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:2116:1616:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505151535557616161575250
Precip in5.86.24.32.30.90.40.10.20.21.32.66.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Gregorio 2 SE, 4 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Ano Nuevo Island, CA, 12 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358774659

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