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Trestle Beach

Trestle Beach from directly overhead

Trestle Beach is a beach in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Sudden Peak stands 643 m to the east-southeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Promontory, a peak 0.4 miles away. 117 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.

What to expect

Access
military

How to reach it

Coordinates34.60841, -120.63729

117 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 59
  • Ocean Beach Park: 6.0 mi
  • Westvale Park: 9.4 mi
  • Miguelito County Park: 9.5 mi
  • Ryon Park: 9.8 mi
  • Thompson Park: 9.8 mi
Peaks: 16
  • Promontory: 0.4 mi
  • Wild Horse Peak: 3.3 mi
  • Tranquillon Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Round Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Sudden Peak: 8.3 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Area 7: 23.2 mi
  • Area 3: 23.2 mi
  • Area 8: 23.2 mi
  • Area 4: 23.2 mi
  • Area 6: 23.2 mi
Historic sites: 7
Beaches: 6
Museums: 6
Springs: 5
  • Sulphur Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Las Animas Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Willow Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Hot Springs: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 2
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sudden PeakESE 111°643 m8.3 mi
Tranquillon MountainESE 112°628 m4.7 mi
Oak MountainESE 117°612 m8.6 mi
Redrock MountainENE 75°599 m21.8 mi
La Tinta HillESE 103°512 m8.8 mi
Mount LospeN 5°500 m19.8 mi
Wild Horse PeakESE 118°494 m3.3 mi
Santa Rosa HillsE 98°488 m20.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4119:15
June solstice05:5119:4220:19
September equinox06:5118:2819:01
December solstice07:0616:1816:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545557586062646565635853
Precip in3.33.72.80.90.30.10.00.00.00.71.22.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lompoc, 11 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Point Arguello, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/842676337

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