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Santa Monica State Beach
On the Southern California beach trails
Next nearby hike: Ocean Front Walk 0.4 mi · 0.7 kmExplore Southern California beach trails →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Oct–Jul · highs 18–27 °C (64–81 °F)
- J18°9°78
- F19°10°92
- M20°10°55
- A21°11°22
- M22°13°7
- J24°15°2
- J27°17°1
- A28°18°1
- S27°17°5
- O25°15°18
- N21°12°32
- D18°9°54
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Length
- 4.6 km · 2.9 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- California Coastal Commission
- Beach group
- California beach trails › Southern California beach trails
- Nearest town
- 1.2 km SW of Santa Monica (Los Angeles County, California) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
- Best months
- Oct–Jul
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- California
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 34.0088, -118.4970
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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Nearest trails
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0.4 mi · 0.7 km · Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
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2.5 mi · 4.1 km · California
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3.3 mi · 5.4 km · Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Inspiration Point Loop Trail
3.5 mi · 5.6 km · Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Temescal Canyon Trail
3.9 mi · 6.2 km · Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Rustic Canyon Trail
3.9 mi · 6.3 km · Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
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