Wildcat Beach
Wildcat Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Alamere Falls, a waterfall 0.9 miles away.
The story
Beach in Marin County, California, United States.
Wikidata Q49325318, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 7 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Firtop: 2.0 mi
- Pablo Point: 3.9 mi
- Stewart Point: 4.5 mi
- Mount Wittenberg: 5.4 mi
- Barnabe Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area: 5.2 mi
- Kule Loklo: 5.6 mi
- Point Reyes Shipwrecks: 9.7 mi
- Stinson tree: 10.4 mi
- Cypress Tree Tunnel: 12.2 mi
- The Phoenix Collection Tea Museum: 5.8 mi
- Bolinas Museum: 6.9 mi
- The Jack Mason Museum of West Marin History: 9.7 mi
- Historic USCG Boathouse: 10.2 mi
- Marin Museum of Bicycling: 11.0 mi
- Tamalpais Maiden: 14.6 mi
- Guardian of the Gate North (Totem 5 of 8): 16.8 mi
- Blackie Horse Statue: 17.1 mi
- Tiburon Portugese Mural Wall: 17.4 mi
- Close to the Wind: 17.9 mi
- San Geronimo Valley Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- Terra Linda Community Garden: 13.3 mi
- Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden: 13.5 mi
- Miller Creek Middle School Community Garden: 13.9 mi
- Lauren Place: 14.3 mi
- Agate Beach County Park: 6.4 mi
- Forest Knolls Park: 6.4 mi
- Bolinas Quail Refuge: 6.6 mi
- Bolinas Community Park: 6.9 mi
- Point Reyes Station Community Park: 7.1 mi
- Point Reyes National Seashore dedication plaque: 5.2 mi
- Golden Hinde landing: 9.5 mi
- Probably repair location of Golden Hind June 1579: 9.7 mi
- Music Stand: 9.8 mi
- Throne: 10.0 mi
- Martin Griffin Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Gary Giacomini Open Space Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Maurice Thorner Memorial Open Space Preserve: 7.5 mi
- French Ranch Open Space Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Roy's Redwoods Open Space Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Kelham Beach: 2.6 mi
- Palomarin Beach: 3.5 mi
- Secret Beach: 4.1 mi
- Sculptured Beach: 4.3 mi
- Santa Maria Beach: 4.9 mi
- Redwood Grove Group Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Azalea Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Irving Group Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Bear Valley Picnic area: 5.2 mi
- Hunt Camp: 6.8 mi
- Alamere Falls: 0.9 mi
- Stairstep Falls: 6.0 mi
- Roy's Riffles: 7.7 mi
- Little Carson Falls: 7.9 mi
- Cataract Falls: 8.7 mi
- Crystal Springs: 5.2 mi
- Broko Spring: 8.8 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 10.2 mi
- Rock Springs: 10.4 mi
- Colier Spring: 10.9 mi
- Point Reyes Light Station: 12.6 mi
- Paint Storage: 12.7 mi
- Point Reyes Lighthouse Visitor Center: 12.7 mi
- Transformer Building: 12.8 mi
- Power House: 12.9 mi
- Vent 5: 11.2 mi
- Rock Fort: 12.7 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 19.5 mi
- Tomales Bluff: 21.9 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 22.7 mi
- Temple: 1.3 mi
- Keyhole: 1.8 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 16.9 mi
- Arch Rock: 21.6 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 10.3 mi
- Winehaven: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Wildcat Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais East Peak | ESE 102° | 784 m | 11.8 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Peak | ESE 105° | 778 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais Middle Peak | ESE 104° | 744 m | 11.3 mi |
| Ballou Point | ESE 112° | 612 m | 9.8 mi |
| Twin Knolls | ESE 110° | 597 m | 9.2 mi |
| Big Rock Ridge | ENE 57° | 575 m | 12.0 mi |
| Pine Mountain | E 84° | 543 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | ESE 108° | 527 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 63 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 8.8 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 9.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kentfield, 13 mi away.
Mean tidal range 2.92 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Bolinas Lagoon, CA, 7 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/275414187
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