Wages Creek Beach
Wages Creek Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Iron Peak stands 1,373 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Westport Headlands, a park 1.0 miles away. 127 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.
The story
Beach in Mendocino County, California, United States.
Wikidata Q49325139, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
127 named places within 25 miles
- Gordon Hill: 1.3 mi
- Bell Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Kibesillah Hill: 3.4 mi
- Soldier Frank Hill: 8.0 mi
- Cahto Peak: 11.2 mi
- Westport Headlands: 1.0 mi
- Honky Tonk Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Noyo Headlands Park: 13.8 mi
- Harold O. Bainbridge Park: 14.3 mi
- Otis R. Johnson Park: 14.3 mi
- Seaside Beach: 6.5 mi
- Ten Mile Beach: 8.6 mi
- Laguna Point Beach: 11.1 mi
- Usal Beach: 12.8 mi
- Pudding Creek Beach: 13.4 mi
- Tide pools: 11.2 mi
- Skunk Train: 14.3 mi
- Chandelier Tree: 14.7 mi
- Drive-Thru Tree Park: 14.8 mi
- World Famous Tree House: 18.3 mi
- Inglenook Fen-Ten Mile Dunes Natural Preserve: 8.6 mi
- MacKerricher State Park: 10.3 mi
- Otis R. Johnson Wilderness Park: 14.3 mi
- Caspar Headlands State Reserve: 20.0 mi
- Caspar Headlands State Natural Reserve: 20.1 mi
- Depot Mall & Museum: 14.2 mi
- Tony Phillips Model Railroad Complex: 14.2 mi
- Guest House Museum: 14.3 mi
- Noyo Center for Marine Science: 14.3 mi
- First Assistant Lightkeeper's House and Museum: 21.0 mi
- Mendocino Redwood Company Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Drive-Thru Tree Park Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Camp One Day Use: 18.7 mi
- Camp 20: 23.9 mi
- Dogwood Day Use: 24.8 mi
- Anderson Cliff: 16.4 mi
- White Rock: 18.7 mi
- Windy Point: 21.6 mi
- White Slide: 24.2 mi
- Point No Pass: 24.7 mi
- Cape Vizcaino Arch: 5.8 mi
- Whale Rock Arch: 6.7 mi
- Jughandle: 19.2 mi
- Blowhole: 22.3 mi
- Labrynth: 15.0 mi
- Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens: 16.9 mi
- Dahlia Garden: 16.9 mi
- Vegetable Garden and Orchard: 16.9 mi
- Elder Creek Natural History Landmark: 9.0 mi
- Totem Poll: 15.0 mi
- The Twin Towers: 18.5 mi
- Edgewater Gallery: 14.3 mi
- Bill Cipher: 18.5 mi
- World's Tallest Free Standing Redwood Chainsaw Carving: 18.5 mi
- PVC pipe spring: 13.4 mi
- Joe Burke Falls: 19.9 mi
- Empire Camp Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Moss Cove Rest Area: 20.3 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 16.0 mi
- Chamberlain Creek Waterfall: 20.4 mi
- Point Cabrillo Light Station: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wages Creek Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Peak | NE 56° | 1,373 m | 19.4 mi |
| Shell Rock | NE 49° | 1,350 m | 20.5 mi |
| Cahto Peak | ENE 77° | 1,284 m | 11.2 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNE 20° | 1,246 m | 19.3 mi |
| Signal Peak | ENE 72° | 1,241 m | 11.4 mi |
| Black Rock | ENE 74° | 1,217 m | 19.8 mi |
| Bell Springs Mountain | NNE 26° | 1,175 m | 23.3 mi |
| Twin Rocks | NE 46° | 1,162 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:12 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 47 | 48 | 50 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 54 | 49 | 46 |
| Precip in | 7.7 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 8.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Bragg 5 N, 10 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Westport, CA, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358823498
Day trips start here
- Willits · 28 mi
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