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Ten Mile Beach

Ten Mile Beach from directly overhead

Ten Mile Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Cahto Peak stands 1,284 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Inglenook Fen-Ten Mile Dunes Natural Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. 134 named places lie within 25 miles, 37 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.52627, -123.77640
Around it

134 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 37
  • Bald Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Kibesillah Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Bell Mountain: 6.8 mi
  • Dutchmans Knoll: 7.5 mi
  • Noyo Hill: 8.5 mi
Parks: 27
  • Noyo Headlands Park: 5.4 mi
  • Otis R. Johnson Park: 5.7 mi
  • Harold O. Bainbridge Park: 5.8 mi
  • Main Street Historic Commercial District: 6.0 mi
  • Noyo Headlands Park: 6.8 mi
Nature reserves: 13
  • Inglenook Fen-Ten Mile Dunes Natural Preserve: 0.2 mi
  • MacKerricher State Park: 1.8 mi
  • Otis R. Johnson Wilderness Park: 5.7 mi
  • Caspar Headlands State Reserve: 11.5 mi
  • Caspar Headlands State Natural Reserve: 11.7 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Seaside Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Laguna Point Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Pudding Creek Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Fort Bragg Landing: 6.1 mi
  • Noyo Beach: 6.9 mi
Museums: 9
Gardens: 6
Natural arches: 5
  • Whale Rock Arch: 2.0 mi
  • Jughandle: 10.7 mi
  • Blowhole: 13.8 mi
  • Cape Vizcaino Arch: 14.2 mi
  • Arch of the Navarro: 23.1 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Attractions: 4
Historic sites: 4
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Chamberlain Creek Waterfall: 13.6 mi
  • Mill Creek Falls: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 2
  • Joe Burke Falls: 20.8 mi
  • PVC pipe spring: 22.0 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Point Cabrillo Light Station: 12.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cahto PeakNE 43°1,284 m15.3 mi
Signal PeakNE 40°1,241 m16.1 mi
Black RockNE 53°1,217 m23.3 mi
Little Black RockNE 52°1,160 m24.2 mi
Black Oak MountainNNE 33°1,124 m17.0 mi
Brush MountainNNE 24°1,065 m20.4 mi
Farley PeakENE 65°1,058 m21.1 mi
Bald MountainNNE 23°1,053 m20.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:27
June solstice05:4920:0620:47
September equinox07:0418:3819:14
December solstice07:3316:1316:55

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, 2 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 4.22 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station NOYO HARBOR, CA, 7 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358823496

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