Lighthouse Field State Beach
Lighthouse Field State Beach is a beach in California, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Mermaid and whale carving, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 26 miles off.
How to reach it
- 26.1 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mermaid and whale carving: 0.0 mi
- Tori Gate (Opening to the Sea): 0.8 mi
- Swimming Dolphins: 0.8 mi
- Fluke: 0.8 mi
- Before Now sculpture: 0.9 mi
- Lighthouse Field State Beach: 0.1 mi
- Lighthouse Neighborhood Park: 0.3 mi
- Cowell's Cove: 0.4 mi
- Bethany Curve Greenbelt: 0.5 mi
- Dutra Overlook Park: 0.6 mi
- Steamer Lane Surfing: 0.3 mi
- Stagnaro Fishing Charters & Whale Watching Cruises: 0.8 mi
- NOAA - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: 0.8 mi
- Undertow: 1.1 mi
- Looff Carousel: 1.1 mi
- Surfer Memorial Statue: 0.3 mi
- Streetcar Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Santa Cruz Hostel: 1.0 mi
- Moonshine Landing: 1.7 mi
- Soldiers & Sailors Statue: 1.7 mi
- Neary Lagoon Wildlife Refuge: 0.8 mi
- Monarch Butterfly Natural Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Jessie Street Marsh: 1.5 mi
- Moore Creek Wetland Natural Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Antonelli Pond: 1.7 mi
- Aloha Terrace: 1.0 mi
- Volcano Commons Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- Wagner Grove: 2.2 mi
- Buckeye Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Oak Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Bolcoff Hill: 2.2 mi
- Horseback Hill: 2.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.9 mi
- La Corona: 4.2 mi
- Mount Alexander: 5.8 mi
- Its Beach: 0.1 mi
- Mitchell's Cove Beach: 0.6 mi
- Cowell Beach: 0.7 mi
- Swift Beach: 1.0 mi
- Santa Cruz Main Beach: 1.0 mi
- Beach Flats Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Santa Cruz Community Orchard: 1.3 mi
- Riverside Gardens Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Trescony Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- BSSC Garden: 2.2 mi
- Moose Lodge Falls: 5.1 mi
- Ferndell: 7.1 mi
- Maple Falls: 10.0 mi
- Fairy Falls: 10.1 mi
- Five Finger Falls: 11.5 mi
- Dodero Spring: 2.4 mi
- Horse Trough Spring: 3.5 mi
- Crystal Springs (private): 4.0 mi
- Redwood Springs: 7.0 mi
- Old Growth Spring: 8.5 mi
- Chrystal Cliff: 1.5 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 1.8 mi
- Upper Quarry: 3.6 mi
- Upper Quarry: 3.6 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 4.8 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 0.2 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 1.6 mi
- Point Pinos Lighthouse: 22.6 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 7.2 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 7.2 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 1.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Lighthouse Field State Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | NE 43° | 1,154 m | 15.0 mi |
| Crystal Peak | NE 44° | 1,097 m | 15.5 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | NNE 27° | 1,063 m | 16.1 mi |
| Mount Thayer | NNE 23° | 1,061 m | 15.9 mi |
| Mount Chual | NE 43° | 1,046 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | N 349° | 985 m | 19.1 mi |
| El Sombroso | NNE 23° | 917 m | 17.0 mi |
| The Peak | N 353° | 917 m | 18.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
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 | 52 | 53 | 55 | 58 | 60 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 62 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 6.4 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Cruz, 3 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, CA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element relation/7063046
Day trips start here
- Santa Cruz · 2 mi
- Capitola · 4 mi
- Aptos · 7 mi
- Watsonville · 15 mi
- Moss Landing · 17 mi
- Marina · 22 mi
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