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Teachers Beach

Teachers Beach from directly overhead

Teachers Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Shell Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
10 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.11381, -122.86999

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Artworks
Beaches: 41
Gardens: 27
  • TRACEN Community Gardens: 10.2 mi
  • San Geronimo Valley Community Garden: 13.3 mi
  • McNear Community Gardens: 14.8 mi
  • Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Food Forest: 17.3 mi
Museums: 22
Attractions: 21
  • Point Reyes Shipwrecks: 1.5 mi
  • Cypress Tree Tunnel: 4.3 mi
  • Kule Loklo: 5.9 mi
  • Tule Elk Reserve, Pierce Pt., Pt. Reyes NS: 6.8 mi
  • Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 20
Waterfalls: 12
  • Stairstep Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Alamere Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Roy's Riffles: 13.3 mi
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Little Carson Falls: 15.8 mi
Springs: 8
Cliffs: 3
Natural arches: 2
  • Keyhole: 9.4 mi
  • Temple: 9.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Teachers Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakSE 129°784 m20.4 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakSE 131°778 m19.8 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakSE 130°744 m20.0 mi
Ballou PointSE 136°612 m19.3 mi
Twin KnollsSE 136°597 m18.6 mi
Big Rock RidgeESE 105°575 m14.9 mi
Pine MountainSE 129°543 m15.1 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointSE 132°527 m20.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4919:24
June solstice05:5019:5920:39
September equinox07:0018:3519:10
December solstice07:2516:1416:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485153566064676767625448
Precip in4.85.23.31.70.90.30.00.00.11.32.75.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petaluma AP, 17 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Inverness, Tomales Bay, CA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358795049

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