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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

Operated by
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

Attractions
Parks
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Old Tree: 1.2 mi
  • Totem Pole: 1.3 mi
  • Skyball: 1.7 mi
  • Skyball: 1.7 mi
  • Skyball: 1.7 mi
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
Picnic sites
  • 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
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
Beaches: 56
Museums: 52
Gardens: 44
Waterfalls: 22
  • 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: 12
  • Capitola Bluffs: 0.6 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 4.1 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 4.2 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 6.0 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 6.0 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 5.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNNE 32°1,154 m11.5 mi
Crystal PeakNNE 34°1,097 m11.9 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE 13°1,063 m13.6 mi
Mount ThayerN 9°1,061 m13.6 mi
Mount ChualNNE 33°1,046 m12.3 mi
El SombrosoN 10°917 m14.7 mi
Sunnyvale MountainNNW 340°880 m18.1 mi
Ralph's MountainN 5°828 m12.7 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/479806179

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