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Torrey Pines City Beach

Torrey Pines City Beach, a beach in California
Torrey Pines City Beach, a beach in CaliforniaSergei Gussev · CC BY 2.0
Torrey Pines City Beach, a beach in California
Roman Eugeniusz · CC BY-SA 3.0
Torrey Pines City Beach, a beach in California
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Torrey Pines City Beach, a beach in California
Sergei Gussev · CC BY 2.0
Torrey Pines City Beach, a beach in California
Sergei Gussev · CC BY 2.0
Torrey Pines City Beach, a beach in California
Roman Eugeniusz · CC BY-SA 3.0

Torrey Pines City Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Scripps Coastal Reserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away.

About

The story

beach in San Diego County, California, United States

Wikidata Q49325044, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
10 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.87727, -117.25115
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks
Museums
Gardens
  • UCHS Garden: 2.8 mi
  • East Ocean Air Greenbelt: 3.2 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Live Well San Diego Demonstration Garden: 7.6 mi
Nature reserves: 28
Beaches: 28
Cliffs: 25
  • Del Mar Bluff: 5.0 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 9.9 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 10.5 mi
  • Swordfish Point: 10.5 mi
  • Sunset Cliffs: 11.1 mi
Springs: 8
  • Dog Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Indian Rock Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 15.4 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 17.5 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
  • Royal Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
  • El Arroyo Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 5.5 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 11.2 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 12.5 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Torrey Pines City Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainENE 61°878 m18.6 mi
North Iron MountainENE 65°824 m18.7 mi
Iron MountainENE 69°818 m18.3 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakENE 66°802 m19.0 mi
Middle SummitENE 67°790 m18.7 mi
San Miguel MountainSE 124°782 m22.1 mi
Mount EllieENE 65°743.712 m18.3 mi
Wildwood MountainENE 68°725.424 m19.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:01
September equinox06:3818:1518:47
December solstice06:4916:1016:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575859616468727472686256
Precip in2.32.71.60.80.30.10.10.00.10.60.92.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Diego Miramar NAS, 7 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 3.69 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf), CA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358821913

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