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Point Dume

Point Dume rises to 56 m in California. Sandstone Peak stands 948 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Zuma Beach Sign, a historic site 1.3 miles away.

The story

Point Dume is a promontory on the coast of Malibu, California, that juts out into the Pacific Ocean. The point, a long bluff, forms the northern end of Santa Monica Bay. Point Dume Natural Area affords a vista of the Palos Verdes Peninsula and Santa Catalina Island. Zuma Beach lies to its immediate northwest.

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Wikidata Q49062846, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
56 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.00163, -118.80668

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Peaks
Parks
  • Trancas Canyon Park: 3.5 mi
  • Legacy Park: 7.2 mi
  • Three Springs Park: 9.3 mi
  • Foxfield Park: 9.5 mi
  • Berniece Bennett Park: 10.0 mi
Gardens
Museums: 45
Beaches: 29
Picnic sites: 10
  • King Gillette Ranch: 9.1 mi
  • Meadows Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 15.9 mi
  • Sycamore Flats: 15.9 mi
  • Wildwood Canyon: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 3.2 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 3.3 mi
  • Sycamore Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Paradise Falls: 15.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Malibu Bluffs: 6.3 mi
  • Kima Point: 8.0 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 10.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.8 mi
Springs: 6
  • The Grotto: 9.8 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 20.2 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 20.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 14.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Point Dume. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandstone PeakNW 319°948 m10.9 mi
Tri PeaksNW 315°917 m11.7 mi
Exchange PeakNW 315°899 m11.2 mi
Big DomeNW 317°887.5 m11.7 mi
Boney MountainNW 311°865 m11.6 mi
Castro PeakNNE 12°855 m5.9 mi
Saddle PeakENE 59°851 m10.2 mi
Simi PeakN 6°732 m14.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:07
June solstice05:4519:3320:10
September equinox06:4418:2018:53
December solstice06:5816:1216:51

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565657586063656666636057
Precip in3.13.11.70.60.20.10.00.00.00.50.82.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Monica Pier, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/358795797

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