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Seaside Beach, a beach in California
Seaside Beach, a beach in CaliforniaMissvain · CC BY 4.0
Seaside Beach, a beach in California
Missvain · CC BY 4.0
Seaside Beach, a beach in California
Missvain · CC BY 4.0
Seaside Beach, a beach in California
Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota · CC BY-SA 2.0
Seaside Beach, a beach in California
Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain
Seaside Beach, a beach in California
Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain

Seaside Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Iron Peak stands 1,373 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Whale Rock Arch, a natural arch 0.3 miles away. 143 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.

About

The story

beach in Mendocino County, California, United States

Wikidata Q49324677, joined on its GNIS feature id.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.55862, -123.76611
Around it

143 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 40
  • Kibesillah Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Bell Mountain: 4.6 mi
  • Bald Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Dutchmans Knoll: 7.5 mi
  • Gordon Hill: 7.7 mi
Parks: 27
  • Westport Headlands: 5.5 mi
  • Noyo Headlands Park: 7.7 mi
  • Otis R. Johnson Park: 8.0 mi
  • Harold O. Bainbridge Park: 8.1 mi
  • Main Street Historic Commercial District: 8.3 mi
Nature reserves: 12
  • Inglenook Fen-Ten Mile Dunes Natural Preserve: 2.2 mi
  • MacKerricher State Park: 4.1 mi
  • Otis R. Johnson Wilderness Park: 8.0 mi
  • Caspar Headlands State Reserve: 13.8 mi
  • Caspar Headlands State Natural Reserve: 14.0 mi
Beaches: 12
Museums: 9
Attractions: 8
Gardens: 6
Picnic sites: 5
Historic sites: 5
Natural arches: 4
  • Whale Rock Arch: 0.3 mi
  • Cape Vizcaino Arch: 12.1 mi
  • Jughandle: 13.0 mi
  • Blowhole: 16.1 mi
Artworks: 4
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Chamberlain Creek Waterfall: 14.8 mi
  • Mill Creek Falls: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 2
  • Joe Burke Falls: 19.6 mi
  • PVC pipe spring: 19.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Point Cabrillo Light Station: 14.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Iron PeakNE 41°1,373 m23.0 mi
Shell RockNE 36°1,350 m24.6 mi
Cahto PeakNE 48°1,284 m13.3 mi
Signal PeakNE 45°1,241 m14.1 mi
Black RockENE 57°1,217 m21.6 mi
Twin RocksNNE 34°1,162 m24.0 mi
Little Black RockNE 55°1,160 m22.4 mi
Black Oak MountainNE 36°1,124 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:27
June solstice05:4920:0620:47
September equinox07:0318:3819:14
December solstice07:3316:1216:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464748505355575757544946
Precip in7.77.36.43.61.60.70.10.10.22.34.58.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Bragg 5 N, 3 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Westport, CA, 5 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/826578008

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