Stinson Beach
Stinson Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the northeast, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Rock Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Stinson tree: 0.8 mi
- Founders Grove: 3.6 mi
- Redwood Tree Slice: 3.6 mi
- Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 6.5 mi
- Slide House: 7.4 mi
- Wooded Knoll: 1.2 mi
- Bare Knoll: 1.3 mi
- Ballou Point: 1.4 mi
- Twin Knolls: 1.9 mi
- Cardiac Hill: 2.1 mi
- Throne: 2.0 mi
- Music Stand: 2.5 mi
- Sitting Bull Rock and memorial: 4.2 mi
- Old Sawmill: 4.7 mi
- WW2 Lookout: 6.0 mi
- Barth's Retreat: 2.3 mi
- Potrero Camp: 2.5 mi
- Rifle Camp: 2.8 mi
- Bolinas Park: 6.8 mi
- Hunt Camp: 7.6 mi
- Bolinas Museum: 2.7 mi
- Marin Museum of Bicycling: 7.0 mi
- Nike Missile Site SF-88: 7.7 mi
- Marin County Historical Society Museum: 8.2 mi
- Bay Model Visitor Center: 8.2 mi
- Bolinas Community Park: 2.7 mi
- Mount Tamalpais Game Refuge: 3.1 mi
- Bolinas Quail Refuge: 3.3 mi
- Agate Beach County Park: 3.9 mi
- Cascade Park: 4.2 mi
- Muir Woods National Monument: 3.2 mi
- Martin Griffin Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Baltimore Canyon Open Space Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Blithedale Summit Open Space Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Elliott Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Guardian of the Gate North (Totem 5 of 8): 7.2 mi
- Tamalpais Maiden: 7.3 mi
- Blackie Horse Statue: 8.2 mi
- Tiburon Portugese Mural Wall: 8.5 mi
- Close to the Wind: 8.5 mi
- Lauren Place: 8.1 mi
- San Geronimo Valley Community Garden: 8.4 mi
- Terra Linda Community Garden: 8.6 mi
- Canal Community Garden: 8.9 mi
- Miller Creek Middle School Community Garden: 10.6 mi
- Slide Ranch North Beach: 2.5 mi
- Bolinas Beach: 2.6 mi
- Agate Beach: 3.9 mi
- Muir Beach: 4.2 mi
- Pirates Cove: 5.2 mi
- Laurel Dell Falls: 2.1 mi
- Midway Falls: 2.3 mi
- Helen Markt Falls: 2.5 mi
- Cataract Falls: 2.6 mi
- Kent Falls: 3.4 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 0.7 mi
- Rock Springs: 1.8 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 2.0 mi
- Broko Spring: 2.9 mi
- Colier Spring: 3.5 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 8.1 mi
- Quarters A: 16.3 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 16.3 mi
- Point Reyes Light Station: 21.8 mi
- Paint Storage: 21.9 mi
- Vent 5: 1.7 mi
- Rock Fort: 8.0 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 10.0 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 14.3 mi
- Aramai Point: 21.3 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 7.4 mi
- Temple: 10.7 mi
- Keyhole: 11.3 mi
- Arch Rock: 23.9 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 0.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Stinson Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais East Peak | NE 55° | 784 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Peak | NE 50° | 778 m | 3.1 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais Middle Peak | NE 52° | 744 m | 3.5 mi |
| Ballou Point | NE 35° | 612 m | 1.4 mi |
| Twin Knolls | NNE 15° | 597 m | 1.9 mi |
| Big Rock Ridge | N 10° | 575 m | 11.5 mi |
| Pine Mountain | N 353° | 543 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | ENE 59° | 527 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:58 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 63 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 8.8 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 9.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kentfield, 7 mi away.
Mean tidal range 2.92 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Bolinas Lagoon, CA, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element relation/5255971
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