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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
  • Hidden Beach Park: 0.6 mi
  • Aptos Village Park: 1.0 mi
Attractions
  • S. S. Palo Alto: 1.0 mi
  • Capitola Wharf: 3.1 mi
  • Capitola Wharf: 3.1 mi
  • Epicenter Loma Prieta Earthquake: 4.7 mi
  • Crystal Bay Farm: 4.8 mi
Picnic sites
  • 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
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Cabrillo Gallery: 2.3 mi
  • Windfalls: 2.5 mi
  • Compass: 2.7 mi
  • Old Tree: 3.6 mi
  • Skyball: 3.9 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 56
Museums: 52
Gardens: 45
  • 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: 13
  • Capitola Bluffs: 2.8 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 7.3 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 7.5 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 9.1 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 9.1 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 8.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Rio Del Mar Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNNE 16°1,154 m10.6 mi
Crystal PeakNNE 18°1,097 m10.9 mi
Mount UmunhumN 360°1,063 m13.6 mi
Mount ThayerN 355°1,061 m13.9 mi
Mount ChualNNE 18°1,046 m11.3 mi
El SombrosoN 357°917 m14.9 mi
Ralph's MountainN 351°828 m13.2 mi
Santa Rosalia MountainNNE 17°806 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 miaway — 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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