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Santa Monica Beach

Santa Monica Beach from directly overhead

Santa Monica Beach is a beach in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 191 m. Tolonen Hill stands 455 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Stanton Park, a park 2.6 miles away. Copper Country Trail passes 19 miles off. 96 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

The story

Beach in Ontonagon County, Michigan, United States.

Wikidata Q33333074, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
191 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.00521, -88.96291

Overlooks nearby

96 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 41
Historic sites: 16
  • Champion Stamp Mill: 11.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 20.0 mi
  • Dry House: 20.2 mi
  • Quincy #7 Boiler House: 20.3 mi
  • No. 4 Shaft: 20.3 mi
Peaks: 9
Beaches: 4
  • Agate Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Stamp Sand: 13.4 mi
  • Ontonagon Township Park Beach: 17.9 mi
  • Breakers Beach: 21.7 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Creekside Bike Park: 18.6 mi
  • Chassell Mountain Bike Skills Park: 20.6 mi
  • Skills Zone: 22.4 mi
  • Bayside Bike Park: 22.4 mi
Artworks: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Pewabic Street Community Garden: 20.1 mi
  • Wadsworth Garden: 21.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Santa Monica Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tolonen HillE455 m12.8 mi
Adventure MountainSSW447 m17.1 mi
South RangeENE433 m13.3 mi
C Shaft HillSSW422 m21.1 mi
Arcadian HillENE372 m22.8 mi
Limestone MountainSE339 m18.5 mi
South Military HillSSW293 m22.9 mi
North Military HillSSW292 m23.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox08:0019:2820:08
June solstice06:0121:0821:55
September equinox07:4319:1519:56
December solstice08:4016:1817:10

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192028395160646356453324
Precip in2.61.71.82.93.43.43.33.23.83.63.02.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenland 6N, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/353971479

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