Cove Beach
Cove Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bight Beach, a beach 1.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 9 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Theodore J. Hoover Natural Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Greyhound Rock Fishing Access: 3.7 mi
- West Waddell Creek State Wilderness: 4.0 mi
- Butano State Park: 6.2 mi
- Pigeon Point County Park: 6.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.7 mi
- Chalk Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Mount Shelby: 3.7 mi
- McAbee Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Pine Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Big Creek Powerhouse (site): 5.5 mi
- Sandy Point Lookout: 5.6 mi
- stone fireplace: 5.7 mi
- San Vicente Lumber Company Railroad Camp 1: 6.4 mi
- Johansen Mill Site: 7.5 mi
- Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park: 6.7 mi
- Forest Swimming Pool: 9.4 mi
- Davenport Beach County Park: 9.6 mi
- Bean Hollow State Beach: 9.6 mi
- Garrahan Park: 10.0 mi
- Stone Head: 7.2 mi
- Praying Hands: 10.5 mi
- The Greatest in the Kingdom: 10.5 mi
- Kresge Totem Pole: 15.9 mi
- Sesnon Art Gallery: 15.9 mi
- Nature Circle: 12.8 mi
- Outdoor Education Garden: 15.7 mi
- Kresge Garden: 15.8 mi
- Family Student Housing Garden: 15.9 mi
- Rachel Carson Garden: 16.0 mi
- Bight Beach: 1.2 mi
- Waddell Beach (State Parks): 2.2 mi
- Waddell Beach (County of Santa Cruz): 2.4 mi
- Las Trancas Beach: 2.7 mi
- Whitehouse Creek Beach: 2.9 mi
- Tan Oak Day Use Area: 10.6 mi
- Madrone Day Use Area: 10.6 mi
- Choctaw Youth Camp: 12.9 mi
- Loch View Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
- Glen Bre Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Rancho del Oso Nature and History Center: 2.4 mi
- Oil Storage Building: 6.5 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 6.5 mi
- The San Lorenzo Valley Museum: 10.4 mi
- San Lorenzo Valley Museum, Faye G. Bellardi Gallery: 13.7 mi
- Greyhound Rock: 3.5 mi
- Towne Trail: 12.6 mi
- Castle Rock State Park. Old Corral Day Use Area: 13.3 mi
- Castle Rock State Park. Red Mountain Day Use Area: 13.3 mi
- Sequoia Aerial Adventure: 14.6 mi
- Slippery Falls: 3.8 mi
- Berry Creek Falls: 4.4 mi
- Scott Creek Falls: 4.5 mi
- Golden Falls: 4.7 mi
- Silver Falls: 4.7 mi
- Bulls Spring: 8.4 mi
- Reggiardo Spring: 10.6 mi
- Travertine Springs: 12.6 mi
- Redwood Springs: 14.8 mi
- Spring source: 15.8 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 1.5 mi
- China Ladder: 4.5 mi
- Cal Poly Bluffs: 5.3 mi
- Sand Hill Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Underworld Rock: 13.9 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 19.3 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 20.1 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 13.9 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Cove Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | ENE 58° | 985 m | 14.0 mi |
| Castle Rock | ENE 57° | 979 m | 14.0 mi |
| The Peak | ENE 62° | 917 m | 14.9 mi |
| Lookout Tower | NE 51° | 892 m | 14.2 mi |
| Goat Rock | NE 55° | 890 m | 13.5 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | ENE 63° | 880 m | 14.9 mi |
| Summit Rock | NE 54° | 878 m | 14.4 mi |
| Varian Peak | NE 54° | 873 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:16 | 16:56 |
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 | 51 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 63 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 50 |
| Precip in | 10.4 | 9.7 | 7.0 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 10.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BEN Lomond #4, 13 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Ano Nuevo Island, CA, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1211222437
Day trips start here
- Santa Cruz · 18 mi
- Capitola · 22 mi
- Aptos · 24 mi
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