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Moss Landing State Beach

Moss Landing State Beach from directly overhead

Moss Landing State Beach is a nature reserve in California, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Jetty Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 16 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
5 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.81451, -121.79049

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Attractions
  • Sea otters: 1.2 mi
  • Giant artichoke: 4.1 mi
  • Crystal Bay Farm: 7.4 mi
  • S. S. Palo Alto: 12.7 mi
  • Giant Twins: 13.6 mi
Artworks: 60
  • Motorcycle from license plates: 1.5 mi
  • Motorcycle from chains: 1.5 mi
  • If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 2.8 mi
  • Compass: 9.3 mi
  • Jesus Statue: 9.4 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Kirby Park: 3.2 mi
  • Crane Street Park: 3.7 mi
  • NCRPD: 3.8 mi
  • Sunset State Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Cato Phillips Park: 4.3 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites
  • Lower Shade Ramada: 5.0 mi
  • Emmet Reed Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
  • Pourroy Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
  • Lone Maple: 13.6 mi
  • Azalea: 13.7 mi
Historic sites: 58
Museums: 48
Gardens: 40
  • Yorktown community garden: 10.5 mi
  • Memorial Rose Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Bamboo Giant Nursery: 12.3 mi
  • Tiger Lily Garden: 13.7 mi
  • Roses of Yesterday: 14.2 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Bonfante Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Maple Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Triple Falls: 18.2 mi
Springs: 10
  • El Pajaro Springs: 11.9 mi
  • Olive Springs: 18.3 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 18.6 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 19.2 mi
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 6
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 17.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Moss Landing State Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaN 352°1,154 m20.7 mi
Crystal PeakN 353°1,097 m20.8 mi
Mount ChualN 354°1,046 m21.2 mi
Fremont PeakESE 104°966 m16.3 mi
Santa Rosalia MountainNNW 349°806 m18.2 mi
Knibbs KnobN 356°801 m18.8 mi
Loma ChiquitaN 355°794 m20.2 mi
Bluerock MountainESE 119°782 m19.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:19
June solstice05:4919:5220:30
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:1716:1516:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515254565961636364615651
Precip in4.44.53.61.60.60.10.00.00.11.02.34.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Watsonville WTR WKS, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Harbor Seal1,679 obs
  • Marbled Godwit1,365 obs
  • Long-billed Curlew1,290 obs
  • Brown Pelican1,262 obs
  • Willet1,154 obs
  • Western Gull1,153 obs
  • California Sea Lion1,095 obs
  • Least Sandpiper770 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/39662564

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