Red, White and Blue Beach
Red, White and Blue Beach is a beach in California, at a modelled elevation of -1 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Table Rock, a peak 0.4 miles away.
How to reach it
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Table Rock: 0.4 mi
- Bald Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Namaste Rock: 3.8 mi
- Horseback Hill: 5.5 mi
- El Jarro Point: 5.8 mi
- Wilder Ranch State Park: 2.0 mi
- Natural Bridges State Marine Reserve: 2.8 mi
- Wilder Dairy Cultural Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Coast Dairies State Park: 3.5 mi
- Wilder Beach Natural Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Davenport Beach County Park: 4.1 mi
- Moore Creek Open Space: 4.3 mi
- Santa Cruz holding 4: 4.5 mi
- Moore Creek Overlook: 4.5 mi
- Natural Bridges State Beach: 4.6 mi
- Untitled: 4.3 mi
- Sesnon Art Gallery: 4.3 mi
- Kresge Totem Pole: 4.3 mi
- Sacrificial Goat: 5.0 mi
- Crown Fountain: 5.0 mi
- Volcano Commons Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Upper Glen Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Friendship Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Haunted Meadow: 5.5 mi
- Wagner Grove: 5.5 mi
- Moonshine Landing: 4.6 mi
- Cowell Lime Works Historic District Kilns: 5.3 mi
- Streetcar Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Santa Cruz Mission (site): 6.1 mi
- Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park: 6.1 mi
- Table Rock Beach: 0.4 mi
- Five Mile Beach: 0.5 mi
- Four Mile Beach: 1.1 mi
- Three Mile Beach: 1.6 mi
- Three Mile Beach: 1.7 mi
- Wilder Ranch: 3.2 mi
- Blue Whale Skeleton: 4.4 mi
- Grey Whale Skeleton: 4.4 mi
- Monarch Eucalyptus Grove: 4.8 mi
- Train Engine: 5.6 mi
- Seymour Marine Discovery Center: 4.4 mi
- Bigfoot Museum: 6.0 mi
- Museum of Art & History: 6.3 mi
- Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center: 6.3 mi
- Santa Cruz Surfing Museum: 6.4 mi
- Family Student Housing Garden: 4.1 mi
- Rachel Carson Garden: 4.2 mi
- Kresge Garden: 4.3 mi
- Oakes Garden: 4.3 mi
- University of California Santa Cruz Arboretum: 4.4 mi
- Ferndell: 6.9 mi
- Moose Lodge Falls: 7.3 mi
- Scott Creek Falls: 12.2 mi
- Maple Falls: 14.5 mi
- Fairy Falls: 14.9 mi
- Reggiardo Spring: 4.9 mi
- Dodero Spring: 5.0 mi
- Horse Trough Spring: 5.3 mi
- Crystal Springs (private): 6.9 mi
- Redwood Springs: 7.2 mi
- Sand Hill Bluff: 0.9 mi
- Upper Quarry: 4.8 mi
- Upper Quarry: 4.8 mi
- Chrystal Cliff: 5.9 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 6.1 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 6.4 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 7.6 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 6.5 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 6.5 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 4.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Red, White and Blue Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | ENE 60° | 1,154 m | 18.8 mi |
| Crystal Peak | ENE 60° | 1,097 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | NE 46° | 1,063 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Thayer | NE 43° | 1,061 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | N 8° | 985 m | 17.4 mi |
| Castle Rock | N 8° | 979 m | 17.8 mi |
| The Peak | NNE 12° | 917 m | 17.4 mi |
| El Sombroso | NE 42° | 917 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:16 | 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, 8 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, CA, 7 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element relation/10392525
Day trips start here
- Santa Cruz · 6 mi
- Capitola · 10 mi
- Aptos · 13 mi
- Watsonville · 21 mi
- Moss Landing · 23 mi
- Marina · 27 mi
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