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Red Rock Beach (Stinson Beach)
4.7★ · 128 Google ratings · Stinson Beach, California
✓ Parking✓ Short walk
At a glance
Parking
300 yd away
Walk
40 ft · under a minute
Water
59°F · modelled, no buoy nearby
Tide
4 ft range today
Length
150 yd of shoreline
Sand
160 ft from the water to the back
Map of Red Rock Beach (Stinson Beach)
Guide
Good to know
Come for dramatic rock formations
Unique rock features and starfish-filled tide pools make this excellent for photography and exploring with kids.
Visit at low tide
The beach shrinks dramatically at high tide, with sand nearly disappearing entirely in winter months.
Plan for a challenging hike back
The quarter-mile descent is easy, but the uphill return climb is steep and tiring.
Bring water shoes or thick soles
The path to the beach is covered in small rocks that are painful to walk on barefoot.
Conditions
How it is right now
Air
62°F · overcast
Water
59°F · modelled, no buoy nearby
Waves
4.2 ft · 10 s apart
Wind
2 mph from the NW
Shelter
Cross-shore · wind running along the beach
UV index
4 peak today
| Time | Tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| 01:15 | Low tide | ↓ |
| 07:04 | High tide | ↑ |
| 10:50 | Low tide | ↓ |
| 17:30 | High tide | ↑ |
Last updated Sep 4, 5:36 AM.
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📍 Stinson Beach, CA 94970
🅿 Parking 300 yd from the listing
🌊 Water 40 ft away, under a minute walk
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Questions
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Where do you park at Red Rock Beach?
The nearest mapped parking area is 300 yd from the listed location. Positions come from OpenStreetMap, not from review text.
How far is the walk to the water at Red Rock Beach?
40 ft in a straight line from the listing to the mapped shoreline, under a minute. Soft sand and dune make the real walk longer than the straight line.
Does Red Rock Beach have restrooms?
No restrooms are mapped within 600 m on OpenStreetMap. That means nobody has mapped any, which is not the same as there being none.
Measured from OpenStreetMap, public aerial imagery and live conditions data, and counted from visitor reviews. Every source, in full.
