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Esplanade Park Beach

Esplanade Park Beach from directly overhead

Esplanade Park Beach is a beach in California, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Esplanade Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 26 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.97182, -121.95016

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Night Fighter: 1.6 mi
  • Bear Enclosure: 3.2 mi
  • Harvey West Historic Structure: 3.5 mi
  • Branciforte: 3.6 mi
  • Santa Cruz Bicentennial Monument: 4.0 mi
Peaks
  • La Corona: 3.5 mi
  • Bolcoff Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Mount Massiah: 3.7 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Horseback Hill: 5.0 mi
Parks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Artworks: 56
  • Old Tree: 1.1 mi
  • Windfalls: 1.4 mi
  • Skyball: 1.6 mi
  • Totem Pole: 1.6 mi
  • Cabrillo Gallery: 1.8 mi
Beaches: 53
Museums: 53
Picnic sites: 50
  • Special Events Ramada: 1.0 mi
  • Pourroy Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
  • Emmet Reed Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
  • George's Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
  • Maple Grove: 3.4 mi
Gardens: 45
Waterfalls: 21
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Maple Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Ferndell: 8.2 mi
Springs: 15
  • Crystal Springs (private): 4.8 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Olive Springs: 6.2 mi
  • Badger Spring: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Capitola Bluffs: 0.2 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 4.4 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 4.5 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 6.2 mi
  • Sand Hill Bluff: 11.3 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 6.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Esplanade Park Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNNE1,154 m11.2 mi
Crystal PeakNNE1,097 m11.6 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE1,063 m13.3 mi
Mount ThayerN1,061 m13.4 mi
Mount ChualNNE1,046 m12.0 mi
El SombrosoN917 m14.5 mi
The PeakNNW917 m18.3 mi
Sunnyvale MountainNNW880 m18.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:31
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1816:1516:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525355586063646565625651
Precip in6.46.14.32.00.90.20.00.00.11.33.26.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Cruz, 3 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, CA, 4 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/686496742

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