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Potbelly Beach

Potbelly Beach from directly overhead

Potbelly Beach is a beach in California, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Special Events Ramada, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. 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.

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.97792, -121.93190

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • New Brighton City Park: 0.4 mi
  • Cortez Park: 0.5 mi
  • Willowbrook Park: 0.7 mi
  • Monterey Avenue Park Access: 0.7 mi
  • Monterey Avenue Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Mount Massiah: 3.8 mi
  • La Corona: 4.1 mi
  • Bolcoff Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Bean Hill: 5.6 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Artworks: 56
  • Windfalls: 0.7 mi
  • Cabrillo Gallery: 0.9 mi
  • Old Tree: 1.5 mi
  • Skyball: 1.8 mi
  • Totem Pole: 2.7 mi
Museums: 56
Picnic sites: 52
  • Special Events Ramada: 0.1 mi
  • Pourroy Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
  • Emmet Reed Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
  • George's Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
  • Mary Easton Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
Beaches: 48
Gardens: 48
Waterfalls: 21
  • Fairy Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Maple Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Ferndell: 8.8 mi
Springs: 15
  • Crystal Springs (private): 5.5 mi
  • Olive Springs: 5.6 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Badger Spring: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Capitola Bluffs: 0.9 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 5.4 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 5.5 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 7.1 mi
  • Sand Hill Bluff: 12.3 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 7.2 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Potbelly Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNNE1,154 m10.4 mi
Crystal PeakNNE1,097 m10.7 mi
Mount UmunhumN1,063 m12.7 mi
Mount ThayerN1,061 m12.9 mi
Mount ChualNNE1,046 m11.2 mi
El SombrosoN917 m13.9 mi
Sunnyvale MountainNNW880 m18.1 mi
Ralph's MountainN828 m12.1 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 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2330850548

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