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Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center from directly overhead

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is NOAA - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 27 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.96327, -122.02463

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Artworks
  • Fluke: 0.0 mi
  • Swimming Dolphins: 0.1 mi
  • Tori Gate (Opening to the Sea): 0.1 mi
  • Before Now sculpture: 0.1 mi
  • The Boys of Summer: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Santa Cruz Hostel: 0.2 mi
  • Surfer Memorial Statue: 0.6 mi
  • Soldiers & Sailors Statue: 0.9 mi
  • Compass Rose Plaza: 0.9 mi
  • Clock Tower: 1.0 mi
Parks
  • Chestnut Park: 0.2 mi
  • Depot Park: 0.2 mi
  • Dutra Overlook Park: 0.2 mi
  • La Barranca Park: 0.4 mi
  • Cowell's Cove: 0.4 mi
Picnic sites
  • Aloha Terrace: 0.2 mi
  • Buckeye Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
  • Wagner Grove: 1.5 mi
  • Oak Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Bolcoff Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Horseback Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.1 mi
  • La Corona: 3.4 mi
  • Mount Alexander: 5.1 mi
Beaches: 55
Gardens: 40
Museums: 37
Waterfalls: 23
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Ferndell: 6.4 mi
  • Maple Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 10.8 mi
Springs: 15
  • Dodero Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 3.2 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 6.3 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Chrystal Cliff: 0.8 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 1.1 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 3.0 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 3.1 mi
  • Capitola Bluffs: 4.4 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 2.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE 44°1,154 m14.2 mi
Crystal PeakNE 45°1,097 m14.7 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE 27°1,063 m15.3 mi
Mount ThayerNNE 23°1,061 m15.0 mi
Mount ChualNE 44°1,046 m15.1 mi
Mount BielawskiNNW 348°985 m18.3 mi
El SombrosoNNE 23°917 m16.2 mi
The PeakN 352°917 m17.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:5019:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:1816:1516:56

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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/349929938

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