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Wages Creek Beach

Wages Creek Beach, a beach in California
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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. 139 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 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

Coordinates39.65110, -123.78401

139 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 43
  • 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
Parks: 22
  • 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
Beaches: 14
Nature reserves: 11
  • 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
Attractions: 9
Museums: 7
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 5
Gardens: 5
Natural arches: 4
  • Cape Vizcaino Arch: 5.8 mi
  • Whale Rock Arch: 6.7 mi
  • Jughandle: 19.2 mi
  • Blowhole: 22.3 mi
Historic sites: 3
Artworks: 3
Springs: 2
  • PVC pipe spring: 13.4 mi
  • Joe Burke Falls: 19.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Mill Creek Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Chamberlain Creek Waterfall: 20.4 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Iron PeakNE 56°1,373 m19.4 mi
Shell RockNE 49°1,350 m20.5 mi
Cahto PeakENE 77°1,284 m11.2 mi
Red MountainNNE 20°1,246 m19.3 mi
Signal PeakENE 72°1,241 m11.4 mi
Black RockENE 74°1,217 m19.8 mi
Bell Springs MountainNNE 26°1,175 m23.3 mi
Twin RocksNE 46°1,162 m19.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:27
June solstice05:4820:0720:47
September equinox07:0418:3819:14
December solstice07:3316:1216:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464748505355575757544946
Precip in7.77.36.43.61.60.70.10.10.22.34.58.7

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 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358823498

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