China Beach
China Beach is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Mount Tamalpais West Point stands 527 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln Park Steps, a artwork 0.3 miles away.
The story
small cove located in San Francisco
Wikidata Q5099596, matched on coordinates and name (378 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1981
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Lincoln Park Steps: 0.3 mi
- Pax Jerusalemme: 0.5 mi
- El Cid Campeador: 0.5 mi
- The Thinker: 0.5 mi
- Poetry Garden: 0.8 mi
- Rochambeau Playground: 0.4 mi
- Richmond Playground: 0.7 mi
- Richmond Recreation Center: 0.8 mi
- Argonne Playground: 0.9 mi
- Fulton Playground: 1.0 mi
- Kong Chow Funerary Structure: 0.4 mi
- Ladies’ Seaman’s Friend Society Monument: 0.4 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Jeanne d’Arc: 0.5 mi
- Kanrin Maru Monument: 0.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 2.1 mi
- Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 3.3 mi
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
- Rob Hill: 1.0 mi
- Presidio Hill: 1.5 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 1.5 mi
- Heidelberg Hill: 1.8 mi
- Lone Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Compton Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Argonne School Native Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 1.2 mi
- Argonne School Edible Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 1.2 mi
- Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden: 1.5 mi
- George and Judy Marcus Garden of Enchantment: 1.6 mi
- Sutro Baths: 1.4 mi
- Anglers Lodge: 1.4 mi
- Camera Obscura: 1.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 1.5 mi
- Dutch Windmill: 1.5 mi
- Fort Funston: 4.6 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 5.1 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Aramburu Island: 7.1 mi
- Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary: 7.1 mi
- Mile Rock Beach: 0.8 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 1.2 mi
- East Beach: 2.5 mi
- Black Sands Beach: 2.7 mi
- Rodeo Beach: 3.9 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.3 mi
- Huntington Falls: 1.6 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 6.2 mi
- Kent Falls: 8.3 mi
- Dawn Falls: 11.2 mi
- El Polín Spring: 2.0 mi
- El Polín Spring: 2.0 mi
- El Polín Spring: 2.1 mi
- Old Spring: 5.0 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 9.8 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Vent 5: 9.3 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 10.9 mi
- Aramai Point: 12.5 mi
- Rock Fort: 14.6 mi
- Winehaven: 12.0 mi
- Lynn: 14.1 mi
- Russell City: 21.6 mi
- Stokes Landing: 23.0 mi
- Eckley: 24.2 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 2.9 mi
- Quarters A: 7.2 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 7.2 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 3.6 mi
- Temple: 21.7 mi
- Keyhole: 22.2 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 10.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of China Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | NNW 328° | 527 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bare Knoll | NW 319° | 478 m | 10.5 mi |
| Wooded Knoll | NW 318° | 465 m | 10.5 mi |
| Cardiac Hill | NW 322° | 413 m | 9.7 mi |
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | SSE 156° | 371 m | 7.5 mi |
| Richardson East | N 355° | 338.6 m | 4.4 mi |
| Peak 1041 | NNW 340° | 317.297 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Davidson | SSE 149° | 283 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 57 | 53 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Dwtn, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6983780132
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