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Wall Beach

Wall Beach from directly overhead

Wall Beach is a beach in California, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Sudden Peak stands 643 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Ocean Beach Park, a park 1.3 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 27 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
military

How to reach it

Coordinates34.70841, -120.60183

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ocean Beach Park: 1.3 mi
  • Radiosonde Launch Site: 3.6 mi
  • Cocheo Park: 4.0 mi
  • Falcon Park: 7.5 mi
  • Providence Landing Park: 7.6 mi
Peaks: 17
  • Burton Mesa: 4.3 mi
  • Promontory: 7.6 mi
  • Wild Horse Peak: 8.5 mi
  • Tranquillon Mountain: 9.0 mi
  • Round Hill: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Area 7: 16.2 mi
  • Area 8: 16.2 mi
  • Area 3: 16.2 mi
  • Area 6: 16.3 mi
  • Area 4: 16.3 mi
Historic sites: 7
Beaches: 6
Springs: 4
  • Sulphur Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Las Animas Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Willow Spring: 19.2 mi
Gardens: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Independence: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sudden PeakSSE 150°643 m11.4 mi
Tranquillon MountainSSE 165°628 m9.0 mi
Oak MountainSSE 152°612 m12.2 mi
Redrock MountainE 94°599 m19.1 mi
La Tinta HillSE 143°512 m11.0 mi
Mount LospeN 359°500 m12.8 mi
Wild Horse PeakS 174°494 m8.5 mi
Santa Rosa HillsESE 118°488 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4119:14
June solstice05:5019:4220:20
September equinox06:5118:2719:01
December solstice07:0716:1716:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 9 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Point Arguello, 9 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/842676335

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