Point Dume
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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
Named places within 25 miles
- Zuma Beach Sign: 1.3 mi
- Malibu Sign: 3.5 mi
- Keller House: 4.2 mi
- Tropical Terrace: 4.5 mi
- Old Reservoir: 5.4 mi
- Jim Rockford Trailer Site: 1.7 mi
- M*A*S*H Filming Location: 7.4 mi
- Santa Monica College Astronomical Observing Site: 7.6 mi
- Western Town: 8.4 mi
- Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza: 12.2 mi
- Latigo Point: 3.4 mi
- Lechuza Point: 3.9 mi
- Solstice Hill: 4.0 mi
- Castro Peak: 5.9 mi
- Malibu Bluffs Peak: 6.1 mi
- 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
- Cactus Garden: 7.9 mi
- Gardens of the World: 12.3 mi
- Native Garden: 13.6 mi
- Conejo Valley Botanic Garden: 13.9 mi
- Kids Adventure Garden: 14.0 mi
- Tapestry of Dreams (The Fabric of Community): 1.4 mi
- Pink Lady: 7.3 mi
- Cottonsail: 9.3 mi
- Conejo Cottontail: 10.1 mi
- Connejo Cottontails: Westlake Elementary Wizards: 10.1 mi
- Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art: 6.2 mi
- Wishtoyo Foundation's Chumash Discovery Village: 6.8 mi
- Adamson House and Malibu Lagoon Museum: 7.6 mi
- Visitor Center Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: 9.0 mi
- Sycamore Canyon Nature Center: 12.8 mi
- Escondido Beach: 2.0 mi
- Latigo Beach: 3.7 mi
- Lechuza Beach: 4.2 mi
- Playa San Juan Leighton: 5.0 mi
- La Piedra Beach: 5.3 mi
- Ramirez Canyon Park: 2.5 mi
- Solstice Canyon: 4.1 mi
- Dal Molin-Runcie Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Wilderness Conservation Foundation: 5.2 mi
- Charmlee Wilderness Park: 5.8 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Malibu Bluffs: 6.3 mi
- Kima Point: 8.0 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 10.9 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.7 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandstone Peak | NW 319° | 948 m | 10.9 mi |
| Tri Peaks | NW 315° | 917 m | 11.7 mi |
| Exchange Peak | NW 315° | 899 m | 11.2 mi |
| Big Dome | NW 317° | 888 m | 11.7 mi |
| Boney Mountain | NW 311° | 865 m | 11.6 mi |
| Castro Peak | NNE 12° | 855 m | 5.9 mi |
| Saddle Peak | ENE 59° | 851 m | 10.2 mi |
| Simi Peak | N 6° | 732 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:33 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:12 | 16:51 |
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 | 56 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 60 | 63 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 63 | 60 | 57 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Monica Pier, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358795797
Day trips start here
- Malibu · 3 mi
- Agoura Hills · 11 mi
- Topanga · 13 mi
- Calabasas · 14 mi
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area · 14 mi
- Thousand Oaks · 14 mi
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