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Island Beach

Island Beach from directly overhead

Island Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Shakespeare Society of America, a museum 0.4 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.80378, -121.78857

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches: 60
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Sea otters: 1.3 mi
  • Giant artichoke: 3.5 mi
  • Crystal Bay Farm: 8.1 mi
  • S. S. Palo Alto: 13.4 mi
  • Kissing Rock: 13.9 mi
Artworks: 60
  • Motorcycle from license plates: 2.0 mi
  • Motorcycle from chains: 2.1 mi
  • If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 2.9 mi
  • Jesus Statue: 8.6 mi
  • Compass: 10.0 mi
Parks
  • Crane Street Park: 3.1 mi
  • NCRPD: 3.1 mi
  • Kirby Park: 3.6 mi
  • Cato Phillips Park: 3.7 mi
  • Little Acorn Park: 4.9 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 59
  • Lower Shade Ramada: 5.8 mi
  • Emmet Reed Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
  • Pourroy Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
  • Lone Maple: 14.3 mi
  • Azalea: 14.3 mi
Historic sites: 51
Museums: 48
Gardens: 40
  • Yorktown community garden: 9.8 mi
  • Memorial Rose Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Bamboo Giant Nursery: 13.0 mi
  • Sand City Community Garden: 13.6 mi
  • Tiger Lily Garden: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Bonfante Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Maple Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Triple Falls: 19.0 mi
Springs: 10
  • El Pajaro Springs: 12.2 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Olive Springs: 19.0 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 19.2 mi
  • Horseshoe Spring: 19.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 6
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 17.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Island Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaN 352°1,154 m21.4 mi
Crystal PeakN 353°1,097 m21.5 mi
Mount ToroSSE 153°1,081 m21.6 mi
Mount ChualN 353°1,046 m21.9 mi
Fremont PeakESE 101°966 m16.1 mi
Santa Rosalia MountainNNW 349°806 m18.9 mi
Knibbs KnobN 356°801 m19.5 mi
Loma ChiquitaN 355°794 m20.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:4919:5220:30
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:1716:1516:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515254565961636364615651
Precip in4.44.53.61.60.60.10.00.00.11.02.34.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Watsonville WTR WKS, 9 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Moss Landing, Ocean Pier, CA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element relation/5173383

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