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Beach Park

Beach Park from directly overhead

Beach Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the southwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is San Rafael Open Space, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.96869, -122.51686
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Gardens
Parks
Museums
Peaks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Giant Picnic Table: 1.9 mi
  • Slide House: 1.9 mi
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 2.1 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 2.1 mi
  • China Camp Historic Area: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Miwok Meadows Day-Use Area: 2.8 mi
  • Buckeye Point: 3.5 mi
  • Weber Point: 3.5 mi
  • Bullhead Flat: 3.6 mi
  • China Camp Point: 3.8 mi
Beaches: 47
Waterfalls: 17
  • Dawn Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Kent Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Laurel Dell Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Cataract Falls: 6.9 mi
Springs: 12
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 10.1 mi
  • Temple: 15.6 mi
  • Keyhole: 16.1 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 8.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Beach Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakSW 230°784 m4.3 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakSW 235°778 m5.3 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakSW 234°744 m4.9 mi
Ballou PointSW 236°612 m7.1 mi
Twin KnollsWSW 242°597 m7.0 mi
Big Rock RidgeNW 323°575 m7.9 mi
Pine MountainW 275°543 m7.4 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointSW 229°527 m5.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:37
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2316:1316:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586266686867635549
Precip in8.88.76.02.61.40.40.00.00.12.04.69.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kentfield, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch488 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard412 obs
  • Western Honey Bee257 obs
  • coast live oak183 obs
  • American Crow181 obs
  • Mule Deer163 obs
  • California Slender Salamander153 obs
  • Bermuda buttercup152 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 way/544246090

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