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Hooper Beach

Hooper Beach, a beach in California
Hooper Beach, a beach in CaliforniaDon DeBold from San Jose, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0
Hooper Beach, a beach in California
Don DeBold from San Jose, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0
Hooper Beach, a beach in California
Eugene Zelenko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hooper Beach, a beach in California
Craig Howell from San Carlos, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0
Hooper Beach, a beach in California
Vince Migliore · CC BY 3.0
Hooper Beach, a beach in California
Vince Migliore · CC BY 3.0

Hooper Beach is a beach in California, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Capitola Wharf, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 26 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Santa Cruz, County of
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.96961, -121.95578

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Night Fighter: 1.3 mi
  • Bear Enclosure: 3.0 mi
  • Branciforte: 3.3 mi
  • Harvey West Historic Structure: 3.3 mi
  • Santa Cruz Bicentennial Monument: 3.7 mi
Peaks
  • La Corona: 3.4 mi
  • Bolcoff Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Mount Massiah: 3.8 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Horseback Hill: 4.7 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Artworks: 56
  • Old Tree: 1.2 mi
  • Totem Pole: 1.3 mi
  • Skyball: 1.7 mi
  • Windfalls: 1.8 mi
  • Great Blue Heron Walkway: 2.0 mi
Beaches: 54
Museums: 52
Picnic sites: 50
  • Special Events Ramada: 1.4 mi
  • Pourroy Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
  • Emmet Reed Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
  • Maple Grove: 3.3 mi
  • Twisted Tree: 3.3 mi
Gardens: 44
Waterfalls: 21
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Maple Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Ferndell: 8.1 mi
Springs: 15
  • Crystal Springs (private): 4.6 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Olive Springs: 6.5 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 7.8 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Capitola Bluffs: 0.6 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 4.1 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 4.2 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 6.0 mi
  • Sand Hill Bluff: 11.0 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 5.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Hooper Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNNE1,154 m11.5 mi
Crystal PeakNNE1,097 m11.9 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE1,063 m13.6 mi
Mount ThayerN1,061 m13.6 mi
Mount ChualNNE1,046 m12.3 mi
El SombrosoN917 m14.7 mi
The PeakNNW917 m18.4 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/479806179

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