Hidden Beach Park
Hidden Beach Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Hidden Beach Park (ASD), a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 25 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Santa Cruz, County of
How to reach it
- 25.1 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 26 mi
- Rumsien Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hidden Beach Park (ASD): 0.0 mi
- Hidden Beach: 0.1 mi
- Hidden Beach Park: 0.1 mi
- Trestle at Hidden Beach: 0.5 mi
- Seascape Park: 1.1 mi
- Seascape Uplands Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Seascape Uplands Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Santa Cruz Long-Toed Salamander Ecological Reserve: 1.9 mi
- La Selva Open Space: 2.0 mi
- La Selva Open Space: 2.0 mi
- First High Altitude Aeroplane Flights: 1.4 mi
- Night Fighter: 4.7 mi
- Bridge Creek Historic Site: 5.9 mi
- Bear Enclosure: 6.7 mi
- Harvey West Historic Structure: 6.9 mi
- S. S. Palo Alto: 1.6 mi
- Capitola Wharf: 3.7 mi
- Capitola Wharf: 3.7 mi
- Crystal Bay Farm: 4.2 mi
- Epicenter Loma Prieta Earthquake: 5.0 mi
- Emmet Reed Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- Pourroy Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Special Events Ramada: 2.9 mi
- George's Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Mary Easton Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Compass: 2.1 mi
- Cabrillo Gallery: 2.9 mi
- Windfalls: 3.2 mi
- Old Tree: 4.3 mi
- Skyball: 4.6 mi
- Bean Hill: 5.0 mi
- Mount Massiah: 6.4 mi
- Sand Point: 6.7 mi
- La Corona: 6.9 mi
- Tarplant Hill: 7.0 mi
- Beer Can Beach: 0.4 mi
- Rio Del Mar Beach: 0.6 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 2.6 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 2.8 mi
- Esplanade Park Beach: 3.6 mi
- Tiger Lily Garden: 2.4 mi
- Bamboo Giant Nursery: 2.8 mi
- Ksitigarbha Garden: 4.4 mi
- Roses of Yesterday: 7.0 mi
- afe native plant garden: 7.0 mi
- Olive Springs: 7.1 mi
- Crystal Springs (private): 8.2 mi
- Badger Spring: 8.4 mi
- Sulpher Springs: 8.8 mi
- Dodero Spring: 9.1 mi
- Fairy Falls: 5.2 mi
- Maple Falls: 6.2 mi
- Five Finger Falls: 6.4 mi
- Moose Lodge Falls: 8.8 mi
- Upper Falls: 9.6 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 3.4 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Chrystal Cliff: 8.0 mi
- Upper Quarry: 9.8 mi
- Upper Quarry: 9.8 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 6.3 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 7.7 mi
- Point Pinos Lighthouse: 22.6 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 11.9 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 11.9 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 9.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Hidden Beach Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | NNE 13° | 1,154 m | 10.8 mi |
| Crystal Peak | NNE 15° | 1,097 m | 11.0 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | N 357° | 1,063 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mount Thayer | N 353° | 1,061 m | 14.3 mi |
| Mount Chual | NNE 15° | 1,046 m | 11.4 mi |
| El Sombroso | N 355° | 917 m | 15.2 mi |
| Ralph's Mountain | N 349° | 828 m | 13.7 mi |
| Santa Rosalia Mountain | NNE 13° | 806 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:52 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:15 | 16:55 |
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 | 56 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 61 | 55 | 50 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Watsonville Muni AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element relation/7109205
Day trips start here
- Aptos · 2 mi
- Capitola · 4 mi
- Watsonville · 7 mi
- Santa Cruz · 8 mi
- Moss Landing · 12 mi
- Marina · 20 mi
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