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Rio Del Mar Beach

Rio Del Mar Beach from directly overhead

Rio Del Mar Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Hidden Beach Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 25 miles off.

About

The story

Beach in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.

Wikidata Q49324506, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.96384, -121.89773

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hidden Beach Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hidden Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Hidden Beach Park (ASD): 0.6 mi
  • Aptos Village Park: 1.0 mi
  • Trestle at Hidden Beach: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
Artworks: 56
  • Cabrillo Gallery: 2.3 mi
  • Windfalls: 2.5 mi
  • Compass: 2.7 mi
  • Old Tree: 3.6 mi
  • Skyball: 3.9 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 53
Picnic sites: 53
  • Emmet Reed Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
  • Pourroy Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
  • Special Events Ramada: 2.2 mi
  • George's Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
  • Mary Easton Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
Museums: 52
Gardens: 44
  • Tiger Lily Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Bamboo Giant Nursery: 3.1 mi
  • Ksitigarbha Garden: 3.8 mi
  • afe native plant garden: 6.4 mi
  • AFE Salamander Garden: 6.4 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Fairy Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Maple Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Upper Falls: 9.6 mi
Springs: 17
  • Olive Springs: 6.6 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 7.6 mi
  • Badger Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Sulpher Springs: 8.5 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Capitola Bluffs: 2.8 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 7.3 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 7.5 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 9.1 mi
  • Sand Hill Bluff: 14.2 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 8.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Rio Del Mar Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNNE1,154 m10.6 mi
Crystal PeakNNE1,097 m10.9 mi
Mount UmunhumN1,063 m13.6 mi
Mount ThayerN1,061 m13.9 mi
Mount ChualNNE1,046 m11.3 mi
El SombrosoN917 m14.9 mi
Ralph's MountainN828 m13.2 mi
Santa Rosalia MountainNNE806 m7.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5220:31
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, 6 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, CA, 7 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358823573

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