Sandy Beach
Sandy Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of -70 m. Split Mountain stands 441 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sea View Beach, a beach 1.7 miles away. 91 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- -70 m
How to reach it
91 named places within 25 miles
- Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge: 6.3 mi
- Salton City Park: 10.4 mi
- Truckhaven Hills 4x4 Training Area: 11.7 mi
- Niland Marina County Park: 14.7 mi
- Wister Waterfowl Management Area: 15.6 mi
- Clay Point: 10.8 mi
- Obsidian Butte: 11.4 mi
- Rock Hill: 12.2 mi
- Red Hill: 12.9 mi
- Red Island: 12.9 mi
- Gas Domes: 6.7 mi
- Customs and Border Protection Checkpoint Slowjamastan: 8.3 mi
- Salt Flats And Steel Cubes (Removed): 13.5 mi
- Pumpkin Patch: 13.8 mi
- Barrel Springs: 15.3 mi
- Tule Spring: 8.0 mi
- Four Palms Spring: 13.0 mi
- Barrel Spring: 15.6 mi
- Dry Frink Spring: 16.3 mi
- Five Palms Spring: 16.4 mi
- Sea View Beach: 1.7 mi
- Bombay Beach: 13.2 mi
- Salton Beach: 19.8 mi
- Betz Beach: 21.6 mi
- Sneaker Beach: 22.8 mi
- Da Vinci Fish: 13.0 mi
- Noah's Ark: 21.4 mi
- Salvation Mountain: 21.4 mi
- East Jesus: 21.9 mi
- Slowjamastan's Independence Day Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Los Puertecitos Historical Marker: 16.0 mi
- Site of Fort Romulado Pacheco: 24.9 mi
- Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR Unit 1: 10.1 mi
- Rock Hill Unit: 12.5 mi
- Discovery Center: 19.5 mi
- Salton Sea History Museum & Visitor Center: 23.8 mi
- Hot springs of Slab city: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sandy Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Split Mountain | SW 233° | 441 m | 20.8 mi |
| Fonts Point | WNW 282° | 394 m | 23.6 mi |
| Inspiration Point | WNW 284° | 369 m | 24.1 mi |
| West Butte Borrego Mountain | W 271° | 368 m | 21.4 mi |
| East Butte Borrego Mountain | W 267° | 365 m | 19.4 mi |
| East Mesa | SW 228° | 248 m | 24.0 mi |
| Superstition Mountain | S 178° | 217 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mat Puy Nah Achhuukaayp | W 268° | 124 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:20 | 19:56 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:09 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 06:44 | 16:03 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 59 | 62 | 69 | 74 | 81 | 89 | 96 | 96 | 90 | 79 | 67 | 58 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ocotillo Wells 2W, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358821172
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