Wilson Creek Beach
Wilson Creek Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. Jedediah Mountain stands 1,760 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Footsteps Rocks, a peak 1.2 miles away. Pacific Coast passes 28 miles off. 109 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 11 m
How to reach it
- 27.9 mi off the Pacific Coast, National
109 named places within 25 miles
- Footsteps Rocks: 1.2 mi
- Flint Rock Head / 'O Kneget: 5.4 mi
- Childs Hill: 7.9 mi
- Pigeon Roost: 7.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Elephant Tree: 1.4 mi
- Trees of Mystery: 1.4 mi
- Cathedral Tree: 1.4 mi
- Towering Inferno: 1.4 mi
- SkyTrail: 1.5 mi
- Battery Point Lighthouse: 11.2 mi
- Billy Boone Square: 11.4 mi
- S.S. Emidio: 11.4 mi
- U.S. Merchant Marine: 11.4 mi
- Point of Honor: 11.4 mi
- High Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Half Butte: 11.7 mi
- Gold Bluffs: 15.9 mi
- Danger Point: 19.8 mi
- Freshwater Rocks: 23.2 mi
- Hidden Beach: 1.7 mi
- Pebble Beach: 13.1 mi
- Gold Bluffs Beach: 14.3 mi
- Kellogg Road Beach: 19.3 mi
- Redwood Creek Beach: 22.1 mi
- Yurok Village Discovery Park: 5.8 mi
- Beach Front Park: 11.3 mi
- Brother Jonathan Park: 11.8 mi
- Del Norte County Fairgrounds: 12.0 mi
- Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park: 13.7 mi
- Murrelet State Wilderness: 15.7 mi
- Point St. George Reef Offshore State Marine Conservation Area: 24.1 mi
- Paul Bunyan and Babe: 1.4 mi
- Driftwood Land Art: 22.5 mi
- MaryLee Thompson-Smith Commemorative Garden: 1.4 mi
- Trees of Mystery: 1.4 mi
- Fern Fall: 12.8 mi
- Trillium Falls: 19.7 mi
- Lost Man Creek Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Redwood National & State Parks, Redwood Creek Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- Crescent City Lighthouse: 11.2 mi
- Cedar Camp Spring: 14.0 mi
- Caltrans Redwood Bypass: 14.4 mi
- White Rock: 15.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wilson Creek Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jedediah Mountain | ENE 63° | 1,760 m | 23.5 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | E 88° | 1,758 m | 20.1 mi |
| Baldy Peak | ENE 76° | 1,747 m | 20.2 mi |
| Harrington Mountain | ENE 76° | 1,739 m | 21.9 mi |
| Prescott Mountain | ENE 67° | 1,736 m | 23.7 mi |
| Stevens Mountain | ENE 74° | 1,735 m | 21.8 mi |
| Ship Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,618 m | 18.4 mi |
| Number Three | ENE 60° | 1,616 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:13 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:05 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 47 | 49 | 51 | 54 | 55 | 59 | 59 | 58 | 54 | 49 | 46 |
| Precip in | 13.4 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 5.0 | 10.1 | 15.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Klamath, 2 mi away.
Mean tidal range 4.99 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station CRESCENT CITY, CA, 11 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Inside the official boundary of Redwood National and State Parks. Quietest months by visitation: Dec and Feb; busiest: Jun.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358821843
Day trips start here
- Klamath · 6 mi
- Crescent City · 12 mi
- Del Norte County · 12 mi
- Redwood National Park · 13 mi
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