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Potbelly Beach

Potbelly Beach from directly overhead

Potbelly Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 27 miles off.

About

The story

beach in Santa Cruz County, California, United States

Wikidata Q49323560, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.97730, -121.92866

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Special Events Ramada: 0.3 mi
  • Pourroy Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
  • Emmet Reed Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
  • George's Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
  • Mary Easton Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
Parks
  • New Brighton City Park: 0.5 mi
  • Cortez Park: 0.7 mi
  • Willowbrook Park: 0.8 mi
  • Seacliff Village Park: 0.9 mi
  • Monterey Avenue Park Access: 0.9 mi
Artworks
  • Windfalls: 0.8 mi
  • Cabrillo Gallery: 0.9 mi
  • Old Tree: 1.7 mi
  • Skyball: 2.0 mi
  • Skyball: 2.0 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Mount Massiah: 3.9 mi
  • La Corona: 4.3 mi
  • Bolcoff Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Bean Hill: 5.5 mi
Museums: 57
Beaches: 51
Gardens: 48
  • Tiger Lily Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Ksitigarbha Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Bamboo Giant Nursery: 4.5 mi
  • afe native plant garden: 4.6 mi
  • AFE Salamander Garden: 4.6 mi
Waterfalls: 22
  • Fairy Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Maple Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Ferndell: 8.9 mi
Springs: 15
  • Olive Springs: 5.6 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 5.7 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Badger Spring: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Capitola Bluffs: 1.0 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 5.6 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 5.7 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 7.3 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 7.3 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 7.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Potbelly Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNNE 27°1,154 m10.3 mi
Crystal PeakNNE 29°1,097 m10.7 mi
Mount UmunhumN 7°1,063 m12.8 mi
Mount ThayerN 2°1,061 m12.9 mi
Mount ChualNNE 28°1,046 m11.1 mi
El SombrosoN 4°917 m13.9 mi
Ralph's MountainN 358°828 m12.2 mi
Grizzly RockNNW 334°827 m17.1 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, 4 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, CA, 5 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358849373

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