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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

Peaks
Artworks: 59
Parks: 58
Nature reserves
Beaches: 39
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: 20
  • 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 20.7 miles of Teachers Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakSE784 m20.4 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakSE778 m19.8 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakSE744 m20.0 mi
Ballou PointSE612 m19.3 mi
Twin KnollsSE597 m18.6 mi
Big Rock RidgeESE575 m14.9 mi
Pine MountainSE543 m15.1 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointSE527 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 mile away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358795049

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