West Beach
West Beach is a beach in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Attu Mountain stands 898 m to the west-southwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cold Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1942
How to reach it
52 named places within 25 miles
- Cold Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Buchanan Ridge: 2.3 mi
- Cupps Hill: 2.6 mi
- Fleishman Ridge: 2.7 mi
- Black Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Red Beach: 3.0 mi
- Austin Beach: 4.7 mi
- Massacre beach: 6.2 mi
- Sarana Beach: 6.9 mi
- Temnac Beach: 7.0 mi
- Japanese Peace Monument: 3.7 mi
- US Coast Guard USCG-1600: 9.2 mi
- Northeast Bluff: 3.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of West Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attu Mountain | WSW 250° | 897.9 m | 6.5 mi |
| Devils Mountain | S 180° | 788 m | 4.5 mi |
| Cold Mountain | SSE 150° | 693 m | 2.0 mi |
| Terrible Mountain | SSE 166° | 692 m | 4.9 mi |
| Middle Peak | E 99° | 648 m | 5.8 mi |
| Southwest Peak | ESE 106° | 619 m | 3.5 mi |
| Newman Peak | ESE 111° | 605 m | 3.2 mi |
| Matthews Mountain | ESE 123° | 595 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 09:33 | 20:54 | 21:39 |
| June solstice | 07:02 | 23:00 | 23:57 |
| September equinox | 09:13 | 20:44 | 21:30 |
| December solstice | 10:39 | 17:07 | 18:13 |
Local time (America/Adak).
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Holtz Bay, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 85002729OpenStreetMap- National Register of Historic Places — Attu Battlefield and U.S. Army and Navy Airfields on Attu, reference 85002729, listed 02/04/85.
OpenStreetMap element way/1111552387
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