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Pleasure Point Beach County Park

Pleasure Point Beach County Park from directly overhead

Pleasure Point Beach County Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is 38th Avenue Coastal Access, a beach 0.1 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 26 miles off.

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Coordinates36.95813, -121.96857

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • The Hook Beach Access: 0.2 mi
  • Pleasure Point Park: 0.3 mi
  • Floral Park: 0.3 mi
  • Santa Cruz holding 8: 0.3 mi
  • Moran Lake County Park: 0.4 mi
Artworks
  • Totem Pole: 0.3 mi
  • Otter Touching Its Tail: 1.7 mi
  • Great Blue Heron Walkway: 1.7 mi
  • Old Tree: 2.1 mi
  • Life-size Gray Whale Sculpture: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Special Events Ramada: 2.4 mi
  • Aloha Terrace: 2.9 mi
  • Twisted Tree: 3.4 mi
  • Cathedral: 3.4 mi
  • Lone Tree: 3.4 mi
Peaks
  • Bolcoff Hill: 3.1 mi
  • La Corona: 3.7 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Horseback Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Mount Massiah: 4.5 mi
Beaches: 59
Gardens: 44
Museums: 41
Waterfalls: 22
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Maple Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Ferndell: 8.2 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 8.7 mi
Springs: 15
  • Crystal Springs (private): 4.7 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Olive Springs: 7.5 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Capitola Bluffs: 1.6 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 3.6 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 3.7 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 5.6 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 5.7 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 5.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Pleasure Point Beach County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNNE 33°1,154 m12.6 mi
Crystal PeakNE 34°1,097 m13.0 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE 15°1,063 m14.5 mi
Mount ThayerN 11°1,061 m14.5 mi
Mount ChualNNE 34°1,046 m13.4 mi
El SombrosoNNE 12°917 m15.6 mi
Sunnyvale MountainNNW 343°880 m18.6 mi
Ralph's MountainN 8°828 m13.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:31
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1816:1516:55

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Hilton's Aeolid679 obs
  • Opalescent Nudibranch511 obs
  • Sunburst Anemone449 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant370 obs
  • Western Gull340 obs
  • Snowy Egret330 obs
  • Moonglow Anemone256 obs
  • Bat Star249 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/281225019

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