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Cardiff State Beach

Cardiff State Beach from directly overhead

Cardiff State Beach is a nature reserve in California, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is San Eligo Lagoon County Park and Ecological Reserve, a park 0.4 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
5 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.01052, -117.27957
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • San Eligo Lagoon County Park and Ecological Reserve: 0.4 mi
  • Glen Park: 0.6 mi
  • Carpentier Parkway: 0.7 mi
  • Tide Beach County Park: 1.0 mi
  • Cardiff Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Annie's Canyon: 1.0 mi
  • S.S. Encinitas: 2.4 mi
  • S.S. Moonlight: 2.4 mi
  • Miniature Railroad: 2.8 mi
  • Seeds of Wonder: 2.8 mi
Gardens
  • Undersea Succulent Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Medicinal Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Australian Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Desert Gardens: 2.9 mi
  • Dragon Tree Grove: 2.9 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Diegueno Rocks: 3.8 mi
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Memorial: 5.0 mi
  • Stagecoach Station Ruins: 5.2 mi
  • El Cuervo Adobe: 8.1 mi
  • "Thirty Blocks" (1976): 9.3 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 30
Nature reserves: 26
Cliffs: 19
  • Del Mar Bluff: 4.4 mi
  • Thumb: 18.4 mi
  • Main Area: 18.4 mi
  • Lunch Rock: 18.4 mi
  • The Underworld: 18.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Royal Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Ridgetop Picnic Site: 9.5 mi
  • Rotary Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 13.3 mi
  • Ray Love Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 8.3 mi
  • El Salto Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Lower Adobe Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Adobe Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Africa Rocks Waterfall: 20.3 mi
Springs: 5
  • Indian Rock Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Rock Haven Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Bottle Peak Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Dog Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Durasnitos Spring: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Cardiff State Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Woodson MountainE 90°878 m17.9 mi
North Iron MountainE 94°824 m18.6 mi
Iron MountainE 98°818 m19.0 mi
Ramona Overlook PeakE 95°802 m19.1 mi
Middle SummitE 96°790 m19.0 mi
Mount EllieE 95°743.712 m18.4 mi
Wildwood MountainE 96°725.424 m19.6 mi
Peak 2245E 96°684 m18.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2819:01
June solstice05:4219:2520:02
September equinox06:3818:1518:47
December solstice06:4916:0916:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565658606365697170666156
Precip in2.52.61.60.90.30.10.10.00.10.51.01.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carlsbad Mcclellan Palomar AP, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Snowy Egret1,130 obs
  • Great Egret779 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard767 obs
  • American Wigeon758 obs
  • garden nasturtium749 obs
  • Osprey743 obs
  • California brittlebush730 obs
  • Mallard712 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358781575

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