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Venice Beach

Venice Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Borel Hill stands 766 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mateo Coast State Beaches, a beach 0.1 miles away.

The story

beach in San Mateo County, California, United States

Wikidata Q49325119, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
7 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.47949, -122.45099

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Frenchmans Creek Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • Oak Avenue Park: 1.1 mi
  • Half Moon Bay Station Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Ocean View Avenue Park: 1.4 mi
  • Mirada Surf: 1.5 mi
Museums
  • Half Moon Bay Jail: 1.7 mi
  • James Johnston House: 2.6 mi
  • Sanchez Adobe Visitor Center: 7.8 mi
  • Millbrae Museum: 9.0 mi
  • Burlingame Hillsborough History Museum: 9.0 mi
Gardens
  • Quarry Park Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Dutch Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Walled Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Chartes Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Daffodil Garden: 7.8 mi
Attractions
  • Lemos Farm: 2.4 mi
  • Wing Lam gravesite: 4.5 mi
  • Fitzgerald Marine Reserve: 4.5 mi
  • Arata's Pumpkin Farm: 7.2 mi
  • Long Branch Saloon and Farms: 7.2 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 14
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Venice Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Borel HillSE 129°766 m17.7 mi
Morena SierraESE 121°731 m9.2 mi
Allen LookoutSE 127°708 m10.7 mi
Skeggs PointESE 121°703 m9.3 mi
Langley HillSE 131°677 m15.6 mi
Mount MelvilleSE 128°672 m16.1 mi
Mindego HillSE 134°653 m16.8 mi
Bald KnobSE 126°637 m6.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
June solstice05:5019:5620:35
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:2216:1516:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515152535557596059575451
Precip in5.14.73.71.81.00.40.10.20.21.32.45.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Half Moon BAY, under a mile away.

Mean tidal range 3.85 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Pillar Point Harbor, Half Moon Bay, CA, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358778075

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