Wreck Beach
Wreck Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Chews Ridge stands 1,549 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Keyhole Arch, a natural arch 1.1 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 1.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 8 mi
- Sea Otter Refuge View Point · 10 mi
- Hurricane View Point · 10 mi
- Bixby Creek Bridge Viewpoint · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cooper Point: 2.5 mi
- Manuel Peak: 3.2 mi
- Cabezo Prieto: 3.6 mi
- Post Summit: 3.8 mi
- Andrew Molera Peak: 4.3 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park: 1.8 mi
- Andrew Molera State Park: 3.6 mi
- The California Sea Otter State Game Refuge: 6.6 mi
- Point Sur Dunes Natural Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 8.1 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Day Use Area: 1.5 mi
- Point Sur State Historic Park: 7.3 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse Reservation: 7.6 mi
- Cachagua Community Park: 13.6 mi
- Carmel Valley Community Park: 17.5 mi
- Pfeiffer Falls: 1.8 mi
- Highbride Falls: 3.3 mi
- Firehose Falls: 6.5 mi
- Pico Blanco Falls: 7.8 mi
- McWay Falls: 8.8 mi
- Tractor: 4.0 mi
- Tin House: 7.6 mi
- Bixby Creek Bridge: 11.2 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 13.6 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 14.5 mi
- Albino Redwood Tree: 1.8 mi
- Pelton Wheel: 8.9 mi
- Bixby Creek Bridge: 11.1 mi
- Esalen Institute: 11.7 mi
- Galante Winery: 16.4 mi
- Lafler Creek Spring: 5.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 6.7 mi
- Pat Springs: 9.4 mi
- Cahoon Spring: 14.9 mi
- Quail Spring: 15.0 mi
- Pfeiffer Beach: 1.2 mi
- Gibson Beach: 20.4 mi
- Hidden Beach: 20.7 mi
- Weston Beach: 20.9 mi
- Monastery Beach: 21.3 mi
- Ventana Wildlife Discovery Center: 4.3 mi
- Picard Trade Bead Museum: 19.9 mi
- Whalers Cabin and Whaling Station Museum: 21.2 mi
- Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Museum: 22.4 mi
- The Sir Harry Downie Museum: 22.4 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 17.8 mi
- East Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Monterey Pines Group Area: 23.1 mi
- Talcot Bates Grove and Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 24.3 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 15.8 mi
- Images of Pebble Beach: 24.6 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 1.1 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 6.1 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 7.6 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 12.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Wreck Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chews Ridge | ENE 67° | 1,549 m | 13.9 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | ENE 72° | 1,517 m | 9.4 mi |
| Black Butte | E 81° | 1,497 m | 14.5 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | NE 47° | 1,477 m | 6.4 mi |
| Uncle Sam Mountain | NE 35° | 1,445 m | 9.0 mi |
| Ventana Cone | ENE 63° | 1,434 m | 7.5 mi |
| Kandlbinder Peak | NE 39° | 1,418 m | 5.7 mi |
| Black Cone | E 97° | 1,363 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:17 | 16:57 |
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 | 51 | 52 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 61 | 55 | 51 |
| Precip in | 9.5 | 8.6 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 9.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG SUR STN, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/346338509
Day trips start here
- Carmel Valley · 17 mi
- Carmel · 23 mi
- Carmel Point · 23 mi
- Monterey · 26 mi
- Seaside · 26 mi
- Pacific Grove · 28 mi
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