Poche Beach
Poche Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Mira Costa Park, a park 0.5 miles away. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Beach in Orange County, California, United States.
Wikidata Q49323527, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mira Costa Park: 0.5 mi
- Pines Park: 0.9 mi
- Capistrano Beach Park: 1.0 mi
- Canyon View Park: 1.2 mi
- Sunset Park: 1.2 mi
- Reikers Point: 1.9 mi
- Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens: 2.6 mi
- Park Semper Fi: 2.6 mi
- USA HOUSE: 3.7 mi
- San Juan Capistrano Veterans Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Made In OC: 3.6 mi
- Bird Houses: 4.3 mi
- Gandhi: 8.8 mi
- Marie Curie: 8.8 mi
- Laguna Beach "L": 9.7 mi
- Pocket Mouse Hill: 4.6 mi
- Niguel Hill: 6.5 mi
- Aliso Peak: 6.8 mi
- Temple Hill: 9.2 mi
- San Onofre Mountain: 10.8 mi
- Mission San Juan Capistrano: 4.0 mi
- Giant Wheel at Irvine Spectrum Center: 14.9 mi
- Trabuco Fliers Club: 15.9 mi
- Great Park Balloon: 16.4 mi
- Great Park Carousel: 16.5 mi
- White Oak Springs: 10.5 mi
- Dobe Spring: 11.6 mi
- Los Chinos Spring: 12.0 mi
- Carrillo Spring: 12.3 mi
- Quail Spring: 13.0 mi
- South Day Use Beach: 1.4 mi
- North Beach: 1.7 mi
- Group Campsite: 1.7 mi
- El Portal: 2.0 mi
- North Day Use Beach: 2.1 mi
- Ocean Institute: 3.2 mi
- Surfing Heritage and Culture Center: 3.6 mi
- Blas Aguilar Adobe: 3.8 mi
- Laguna Art Museum: 10.2 mi
- Pretend City Children's Museum: 14.4 mi
- Niguel Botanical Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.4 mi
- Garden Center 1: 12.6 mi
- Sherman Library & Gardens: 16.6 mi
- Aldrich Park Rock Garden: 17.6 mi
- Trestles Wetlands Natural Preserve: 5.5 mi
- San Onofre State Beach: 5.7 mi
- Buck Gully Reserve: 15.4 mi
- Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park: 16.5 mi
- William R. Mason Regional Park (wilderness area): 17.3 mi
- Old Corral Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Calit2 Patio: 17.3 mi
- Goat Shed Point: 18.4 mi
- Sunset View Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- Sunset Ridge Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Dana Point Seasonal Waterfall: 3.0 mi
- Tenaja Falls: 16.6 mi
- Lion Canyon Falls: 16.6 mi
- Ortega Falls: 18.0 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 18.9 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 3.5 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 3.6 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Southbound): 17.1 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Northbound): 17.6 mi
- Willard: 21.7 mi
- Terra Cotta: 23.9 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 24.2 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 1.4 mi
- San Onofre Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Three Arches: 5.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Poche Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | NNE 21° | 1,734 m | 19.5 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | NNE 19° | 1,675 m | 19.9 mi |
| Clark | E 97° | 1,527 m | 18.4 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | NNE 30° | 1,401 m | 20.5 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | NE 35° | 1,373 m | 18.4 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | NE 34° | 1,315 m | 20.1 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | N 6° | 1,211 m | 24.3 mi |
| Bald Peak | NNE 18° | 1,197 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:28 | 20:04 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 16:09 | 16:47 |
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 | 56 | 56 | 59 | 61 | 65 | 67 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 66 | 60 | 56 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguna Beach, 10 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station San Clemente, 3 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/183528377
Day trips start here
- Dana Point · 3 mi
- San Clemente · 3 mi
- San Juan Capistrano · 4 mi
- Laguna Niguel · 6 mi
- Aliso Viejo · 9 mi
- Laguna Beach · 9 mi
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