Jetty Beach
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Jetty 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 Moss Landing State Beach, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
- 15.4 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 17 mi
- Rumsien Overlook · 21 mi
- China Lookout · 25 mi
- Granite Canyon Bridge · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Moss Landing State Beach: 0.3 mi
- Salinas River Dunes Natural Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Salinas River State Beach: 2.1 mi
- Zmudowski State Beach: 2.2 mi
- Pajaro River Mouth Natural Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Island Beach: 0.4 mi
- Palm Beach: 4.4 mi
- Sunset State Beach: 5.9 mi
- North Marina: 7.7 mi
- Marina State Beach: 7.7 mi
- Sea otters: 1.2 mi
- Giant artichoke: 3.8 mi
- Crystal Bay Farm: 7.7 mi
- S. S. Palo Alto: 13.0 mi
- Giant Twins: 13.9 mi
- Motorcycle from license plates: 1.7 mi
- Motorcycle from chains: 1.8 mi
- If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 2.9 mi
- Jesus Statue: 9.0 mi
- Compass: 9.6 mi
- Kirby Park: 3.4 mi
- Crane Street Park: 3.4 mi
- NCRPD: 3.5 mi
- Cato Phillips Park: 4.0 mi
- Sunset State Beach: 4.6 mi
- Mulligan Hill: 4.2 mi
- Tarplant Hill: 7.0 mi
- Schneider Hill: 7.9 mi
- Pinecate Peak: 10.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 11.2 mi
- Lower Shade Ramada: 5.4 mi
- Emmet Reed Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Pourroy Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Lone Maple: 13.9 mi
- Azalea: 14.0 mi
- First High Altitude Aeroplane Flights: 10.4 mi
- Battle of Natividad State Historic Landmark: 10.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Night Fighter: 14.2 mi
- John Denver Memorial: 14.3 mi
- Shakespeare Society of America: 0.8 mi
- Elkhorn Slough Reserve Visitor Center: 3.3 mi
- William H Volck Museum: 7.5 mi
- Pajaro Valley Historical Association: 7.6 mi
- Boronda History Center: 9.7 mi
- Yorktown community garden: 10.2 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 11.5 mi
- Bamboo Giant Nursery: 12.6 mi
- Sand City Community Garden: 14.0 mi
- Tiger Lily Garden: 14.0 mi
- Bonfante Falls: 16.1 mi
- Fairy Falls: 16.3 mi
- Five Finger Falls: 17.0 mi
- Maple Falls: 17.4 mi
- Triple Falls: 18.6 mi
- El Pajaro Springs: 12.1 mi
- Olive Springs: 18.6 mi
- Dodero Spring: 18.6 mi
- Crystal Springs (private): 18.9 mi
- Horse Trough Spring: 19.4 mi
- Cavalry Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 14.3 mi
- Chrystal Cliff: 17.5 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Upper Quarry: 19.7 mi
- Point Pinos Lighthouse: 14.6 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 15.7 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 16.3 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 22.8 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 22.8 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Jetty Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | N 352° | 1,154 m | 21.0 mi |
| Crystal Peak | N 353° | 1,097 m | 21.1 mi |
| Mount Toro | SSE 153° | 1,081 m | 22.0 mi |
| Mount Chual | N 354° | 1,046 m | 21.5 mi |
| Fremont Peak | ESE 103° | 966 m | 16.2 mi |
| Santa Rosalia Mountain | NNW 349° | 806 m | 18.5 mi |
| Knibbs Knob | N 356° | 801 m | 19.1 mi |
| Loma Chiquita | N 355° | 794 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:52 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:15 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 61 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Watsonville WTR WKS, 8 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Elkhorn Slough, Highway 1 Bridge, CA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358823343
Day trips start here
- Moss Landing · 0 mi
- Watsonville · 8 mi
- Marina · 9 mi
- Salinas · 12 mi
- Aptos · 14 mi
- San Juan Bautista · 14 mi
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