Tomales Beach
Tomales Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Sonoma Mountain stands 697 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Elk Fence South Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away.
The story
Beach in Marin County, California, United States.
Wikidata Q49325036, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Walker Peak: 5.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 5.1 mi
- Echo Rock: 5.4 mi
- Coyote Peak: 5.5 mi
- Sugarloaf: 5.9 mi
- Whale Ballet (Totem 6 of 8): 11.8 mi
- Scuba Brown: 12.4 mi
- Frolicking Dolphin: 12.6 mi
- Poseidon: 12.6 mi
- Spawn: 12.7 mi
- Miller Park: 1.9 mi
- Marconi Conference Center State Historic Park: 3.1 mi
- Marconi Conference Center & Historic Park: 3.2 mi
- Tomales Bay State Park: 3.8 mi
- Tomales Community Park: 5.1 mi
- Elk Fence South Beach: 0.3 mi
- Elk Fence North Beach: 0.7 mi
- Pelican North Beach: 1.3 mi
- Long Cove Beach: 1.6 mi
- Wall Beach: 1.7 mi
- Point Reyes National Seashore: 7.6 mi
- Tomales Bay Ecological Reserve: 7.7 mi
- Grove of the Old Trees: 16.1 mi
- French Ranch Open Space Preserve: 17.3 mi
- Maurice Thorner Memorial Open Space Preserve: 17.6 mi
- Probably repair location of Golden Hind June 1579: 7.8 mi
- CPO Academy Pergola: 8.8 mi
- CPO Academy 1.5 mile turnaround: 9.4 mi
- Golden Hinde landing: 9.6 mi
- Francis Drake memorial: 10.3 mi
- TRACEN Community Gardens: 8.8 mi
- Inn at the Tides Sculpture Garden: 12.7 mi
- Ren Brown Gallery Zen Garden: 13.3 mi
- McNear Community Gardens: 16.0 mi
- Food Forest: 16.1 mi
- The Jack Mason Museum of West Marin History: 6.5 mi
- Historic USCG Boathouse: 12.7 mi
- Petaluma Historical Museum and Library: 15.9 mi
- The Phoenix Collection Tea Museum: 16.4 mi
- West County Museum: 16.6 mi
- Bear Valley Picnic area: 11.3 mi
- Helen Putnam: 14.3 mi
- Redwood Grove Group Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Azalea Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Irving Group Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Tule Elk Reserve, Pierce Pt., Pt. Reyes NS: 1.9 mi
- Cypress Tree Tunnel: 5.6 mi
- Point Reyes Shipwrecks: 6.5 mi
- Kule Loklo: 10.9 mi
- Whale Jaw Bone: 12.3 mi
- Stairstep Falls: 14.5 mi
- Alamere Falls: 16.9 mi
- Roy's Riffles: 18.0 mi
- Buck Gulch Falls: 19.6 mi
- Little Carson Falls: 20.7 mi
- Point Reyes Light Station: 13.2 mi
- Paint Storage: 13.3 mi
- Point Reyes Lighthouse Visitor Center: 13.3 mi
- Power House: 13.4 mi
- Transformer Building: 13.4 mi
- Crystal Springs: 15.7 mi
- Broko Spring: 22.8 mi
- Hunter Spring: 23.3 mi
- Worn Springs: 23.8 mi
- Colier Spring: 24.5 mi
- Tomales Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Goat Rock: 21.5 mi
- Osprey Rocks: 21.7 mi
- Rock Fort: 23.4 mi
- Keyhole: 14.3 mi
- Temple: 14.7 mi
- Arched Rock: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Tomales Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonoma Mountain | ENE 61° | 697 m | 21.5 mi |
| Big Rock Ridge | ESE 114° | 575 m | 19.0 mi |
| Bennett Mountain | NE 44° | 573 m | 23.2 mi |
| Pine Mountain | SE 133° | 543 m | 20.0 mi |
| Loma Alta | ESE 121° | 484 m | 19.8 mi |
| Burdell Mountain | E 96° | 474 m | 18.1 mi |
| Hicks Mountain | ESE 106° | 467 m | 11.1 mi |
| Barnabe Mountain | SE 132° | 447 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:14 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 56 | 53 | 50 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bodega 6 WSW, 13 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Blakes Landing, Tomales Bay, CA, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358795144
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