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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

Parks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • 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
Artworks
  • Old Tree: 1.1 mi
  • Windfalls: 1.4 mi
  • Skyball: 1.6 mi
  • Skyball: 1.6 mi
  • Skyball: 1.6 mi
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
Beaches: 55
Museums: 53
Gardens: 45
Waterfalls: 22
  • 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: 12
  • Capitola Bluffs: 0.2 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 4.4 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 4.5 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 6.2 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 6.2 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 6.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Esplanade Park Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNNE 31°1,154 m11.2 mi
Crystal PeakNNE 33°1,097 m11.6 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE 12°1,063 m13.3 mi
Mount ThayerN 7°1,061 m13.4 mi
Mount ChualNNE 32°1,046 m12.0 mi
El SombrosoN 9°917 m14.5 mi
Sunnyvale MountainNNW 339°880 m18.1 mi
Ralph's MountainN 4°828 m12.6 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 miaway — 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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