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Three Mile Beach

Three Mile Beach from directly overhead

Three Mile Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Four Mile Beach, a beach 0.5 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 29 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.96172, -122.11267

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Table Rock: 1.4 mi
  • Horseback Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 4.6 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Namaste Rock: 5.5 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Natural Bridges State Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Moore Creek Overlook: 3.0 mi
  • Santa Cruz holding 4: 3.0 mi
  • Moore Creek Open Space: 3.1 mi
  • Westside Pump Track: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks: 54
  • Guardian I: 3.4 mi
  • Sesnon Art Gallery: 3.4 mi
  • Kresge Totem Pole: 3.5 mi
  • Welcome to Santa Cruz: 3.5 mi
  • Sacrificial Goat: 4.1 mi
Beaches: 50
  • Four Mile Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Strawberry Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Sand Plant Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Table Rock Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Fern Grotto Beach: 1.5 mi
Picnic sites: 50
  • Volcano Commons Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
  • Wagner Grove: 4.3 mi
  • Upper Glen Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
  • Friendship Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
  • Millennium Circle: 4.4 mi
Attractions: 38
  • Wilder Ranch: 1.6 mi
  • Blue Whale Skeleton: 2.8 mi
  • Grey Whale Skeleton: 2.8 mi
  • Monarch Eucalyptus Grove: 3.2 mi
  • Train Engine: 4.4 mi
Gardens: 32
Museums: 31
Waterfalls: 22
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Ferndell: 6.8 mi
  • Maple Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Scott Creek Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 13.8 mi
Springs: 14
  • Dodero Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Reggiardo Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 6.0 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Sand Hill Bluff: 2.6 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 4.0 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 4.5 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 4.7 mi
  • Capitola Bluffs: 9.2 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 3.2 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Three Mile Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE1,154 m18.0 mi
Crystal PeakNE1,097 m18.5 mi
Mount UmunhumNE1,063 m18.1 mi
Mount ThayerNE1,061 m17.6 mi
Mount ChualNE1,046 m18.8 mi
Mount BielawskiN985 m18.1 mi
Castle RockN979 m18.5 mi
The PeakN917 m17.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:5019:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:1916:1616:56

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, 7 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358849224

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