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Wilder Beach

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Wilder Beach from directly overhead

Wilder Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilder Beach Natural Preserve, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 27 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates36.95356, -122.07795

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Wilder Beach Natural Preserve: 0.1 mi
  • Wilder Dairy Cultural Preserve: 0.7 mi
  • Natural Bridges State Marine Reserve: 0.8 mi
  • Antonelli Pond: 1.0 mi
  • Moore Creek Wetland Natural Preserve: 1.0 mi
Picnic sites
  • Volcano Commons Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
  • Wagner Grove: 2.9 mi
  • Friendship Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
  • Millennium Circle: 3.0 mi
  • Upper Glen Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
Parks
  • Natural Bridges State Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Natural Bridges State Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Westside Pump Track: 1.3 mi
  • Moore Creek Overlook: 1.4 mi
  • Santa Cruz holding 4: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Moonshine Landing: 1.0 mi
  • Streetcar Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Surfer Memorial Statue: 2.9 mi
  • Santa Cruz Hostel: 3.1 mi
  • Santa Cruz Mission (site): 3.2 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Horseback Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Table Rock: 3.3 mi
  • Bolcoff Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 4.1 mi
  • La Corona: 5.8 mi
Beaches: 54
  • Fern Grotto Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Younger Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Sand Plant Beach: 0.7 mi
  • De Anza Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Natural Bridges State Beach: 1.2 mi
Attractions: 48
  • Wilder Ranch: 0.6 mi
  • Blue Whale Skeleton: 0.8 mi
  • Grey Whale Skeleton: 0.8 mi
  • Monarch Eucalyptus Grove: 1.2 mi
  • Steamer Lane Surfing: 3.0 mi
Museums: 34
Gardens: 34
Waterfalls: 24
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Ferndell: 6.8 mi
  • Maple Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 13.7 mi
Springs: 14
  • Dodero Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 4.9 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 6.9 mi
  • Reggiardo Spring: 7.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Chrystal Cliff: 2.9 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 3.2 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 3.3 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 3.3 mi
  • Sand Hill Bluff: 4.6 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 1.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE 50°1,154 m16.9 mi
Crystal PeakNE 50°1,097 m17.3 mi
Mount UmunhumNE 35°1,063 m17.4 mi
Mount ThayerNNE 31°1,061 m17.0 mi
Mount ChualNE 50°1,046 m17.7 mi
Mount BielawskiN 357°985 m18.6 mi
Castle RockN 357°979 m19.0 mi
El SombrosoNNE 31°917 m18.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:20
June solstice05:5019:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:1916:1516:56

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, 5 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, CA, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element relation/6391158

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