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Many coastal peninsulas of California are properly
headland A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, Jo ...
s and are often called ''points'', as in ''Oxford English Dictionary'''s senses 19b "projecting part of anything of a more or less tapering form...a sharp prominence" and 22 "a promontory or cape; the tip of a piece of land running out to sea...frequently in place names."


Major navigation and geographic landmarks

This is a list of landmark coastal peninsulas of the
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California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
, ordered north to south. Unless otherwise noted, source is plate 144 from the ''Atlas of the War of the Rebellion'', drawn 1867, and published 1895. # Point St. George # Patrick's Point, also Rocky Point (see
Sue-meg State Park Sue-meg State Park (formerly Patrick's Point State Park) is a in Humboldt County, California near Trinidad on the Redwood Coast, situated on a lushly forested promontory above the Pacific Ocean. The park is home to many tree species includi ...
) # Cape Fortuna, or False Mendocino #
Cape Mendocino Cape Mendocino ( Spanish: ''Cabo Mendocino'', meaning "Cape of Mendoza"), which is located approximately north of San Francisco, is located on the Lost Coast entirely within Humboldt County, California, United States. At 124° 24' 34" W longit ...
# Punta Gorda (see also
Punta Gorda Light Punta Gorda Lighthouse is a lighthouse in the United States, south of Cape Mendocino, California, within Humboldt County. Access is via a short hike from the end of a 4WD road. It is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. History Punta G ...
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Point Arena Point Arena, formerly known as Punta Arena (Spanish for "Sandy Point") is a small coastal city in Mendocino County, California, United States. Point Arena is located west of Hopland, at an elevation of . The population was 460 at the 2020 cen ...
(see also
Point Arena Light Point Arena Light is a lighthouse in Mendocino County, California, United States, two miles (3 km) north of Point Arena, California. It is approximately north of San Francisco, in the Fort Point Group of lighthouses. The lighthouse featu ...
and Point Arena State Marine Conservation Area) #
Bodega Head Bodega Head is a small promontory on the Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast of northern California in the United States. It is located in Sonoma County, California, Sonoma County, approximately northwest of San Francisco and approximately west of Sa ...
(see also Bodega Head State Marine Conservation Arena) # Point Tomales (see
Tomales Bay Tomales Bay is a long, narrow inlet of the Pacific Ocean in Marin County in northern California in the United States. Geography Tomales Bay is approximately long and averages nearly wide, with relatively shallow depths averaging 18 ft, eff ...
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Tiburon Peninsula The Tiburon Peninsula (), or simply "the Tiburon" (''le Tiburon''), is a region of Haiti encompassing most of Haiti's southern coast. It starts roughly at the southernmost point of the Haiti-Dominican Republic border and extends westward near C ...
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Point Reyes Point Reyes ( , meaning 'Cape of the Kings') is a prominent landform and popular tourist destination on the Pacific coast of Marin County in Northern California. It is approximately west-northwest of San Francisco. The term is often applied ...
# Duxbury Reef (see
Duxbury Reef State Marine Conservation Area Duxbury Reef State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) is a marine protected area located about 1 mile (2 km) west of Bolinas in Marin County on California’s north central coast. This marine protected area covers . Duxbury Reef SMCA prohibit ...
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Marin Headlands The Marin Headlands are a hilly peninsula at the southernmost end of Marin County, California, United States, located just north of San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge, which connects the two counties and peninsulas. The entire area is p ...
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San Francisco Peninsula The San Francisco Peninsula is a peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area that separates San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. On its northern tip is the City and County of San Francisco. Its southern base is Los Altos and Mountain View, ...
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Point Bonita Point Bonita Lighthouse is a lighthouse located at Point Bonita at the San Francisco Bay entrance in the Marin Headlands. Point Bonita was the last staffed lighthouse on the California coast. It was added to the National Register of Historic Pla ...
(see
Point Bonita Lighthouse Point Bonita Lighthouse is a lighthouse located at Point Bonita at the San Francisco Bay entrance in the Marin Headlands. Point Bonita was the last staffed lighthouse on the California coast. It was added to the National Register of Historic Pla ...
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Point Lobos Point Lobos and the Point Lobos State Natural Reserve is a state park in California. Adjoining Point Lobos is "one of the richest marine habitats in California". The ocean habitat is protected by two marine protected areas, the Point Lobos Sta ...
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Point San Pedro A point is a small dot or the sharp tip of something. Point or points may refer to: Mathematics * Point (geometry), an entity that has a location in space or on a plane, but has no extent; more generally, an element of some abstract topologica ...
# Pillar Point # Pigeon Point (see
Pigeon Point Lighthouse Pigeon Point Light Station or Pigeon Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse built in 1871 to guide ships on the Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast of California. It is the List of lighthouses in the United States by height, tallest lighthouse (tied with Po ...
) # Point Año Nuevo (see also
Año Nuevo Island Año Nuevo Island (''Año Nuevo'' is Spanish for ''New Year'') is a small island off Año Nuevo Point on the coast of Northern California, between San Francisco and Santa Cruz. The island has an area of . It is an important breeding site for n ...
,
Año Nuevo State Park Año Nuevo State Park is a state park of California, United States, encompassing Año Nuevo Island and Año Nuevo Point, which are known for their pinniped rookeries. Located in San Mateo County, the low, rocky, windswept point juts out into ...
,
Año Nuevo State Marine Conservation Area Año Nuevo State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) is one of two adjoining marine protected areas off the coast of San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties, on California’s central coast. The area is approximately south of San Francisco. The SMCA h ...
and Greyhound Rock State Marine Conservation Area) #
Monterey Peninsula The Monterey Peninsula anchors the northern portion on the Central Coast (California), Central Coast of California and comprises the cities of Monterey, California, Monterey, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, Carmel, and Pacific Grove, California, P ...
# Point Pinos (see Point Pinos Lighthouse) # Point Cypress # Point Carmel #
Point Sur Point Sur State Historic Park is a California State Park on the Big Sur coastline of Monterey County, California, United States, south of Rio Road in Carmel. The 1889 Point Sur Lighthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places. History ...
(see also
Point Sur Lighthouse Point Sur Lighthouse is a lightstation at Point Sur south of Monterey, California at the peak of the rock at the head of the point. It was established in 1889 and is part of Point Sur State Historic Park. The light house is tall and abo ...
and
Point Sur State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area Point Sur State Marine Reserve (SMR) and Point Sur State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) are two adjoining marine protected areas that lie offshore of Point Sur, part of the Big Sur area on California's central coast. The combined area of thes ...
) # Cape San Martin (originally another Point Gorda, ''Punta Gorda'' "fat tip" in
Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...
, see
Gorda, California Gorda (Spanish language, Spanish for "Fat") is a unincorporated area, hamlet in Monterey County, California, Monterey County, California. It is located south of Cape San Martin, at an elevation of . It is one of the three small settlements of f ...
) # Piedras Blancas (see also
Piedras Blancas Light Station Piedras Blancas Light Station is located at Point Piedras Blancas, about west by northwest of San Simeon, California. It was added to the California Coastal National Monument in 2017. History and management The first-order Fresnel lens at Pie ...
and
Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve (SMR) and Piedras Blancas State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) are two adjoining marine protected areas that lie offshore of San Luis Obispo County on California's central coast. The combined area of the ...
) # Cayucos Point #
Point Buchon Point Buchon is a cape in San Luis Obispo County, California. The Point Buchon State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area lies offshore from that Point. Point Buchon was named by the Coast Survey during the Civil War. Point Buchon was named ...
(see also
Point Buchon State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area Point Buchon State Marine Reserve (SMR) and Point Buchon State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) are two adjoining marine protected areas that lie offshore Point Buchon in San Luis Obispo County on California's central coast. The combined area ...
) # Point San Luis (see also
Point San Luis Lighthouse The Point San Luis Lighthouse, also known as the San Luis Obispo Light Station, is on the National Register of Historic Places. Located near Avila Beach and Port San Luis on the Central Coast of California in San Luis Obispo County, it is the ...
and
Port San Luis Port San Luis is a harbor on the central coast of California, approximately west of Avila Beach in San Luis Obispo County. The harbor is managed by the Port San Luis Harbor District which is responsible for maintaining the surrounding tideland ...
harbor) # Fossil Point # Mallagh Landing # South Point # Mussel Rock # Point Sal (see also
Point Sal State Beach Point Sal State Beach is a beach on the Pacific coast of California, located near the city of Guadalupe, in the northwestern part of Santa Barbara County. There are approximately of property with of ocean frontage. The rocks around the headlan ...
) # Purísima Point (see also
La Purísima Mission Mission La Purísima Concepción, or La Purísima Mission (originally ''La Misión de la Purísima Concepción de la Santísima Virgen María'', or ''The Mission of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary'') is a Spanish miss ...
) # Point Pedernales, aka Honda Point (see also Honda, California, Honda Point disaster, and
Vandenberg Space Force Base Vandenberg Space Force Base , previously Vandenberg Air Force Base, is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the ...
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Point Arguello Point Arguello ( Spanish: ''Punta Argüello'') is a headland on the Gaviota Coast, in Santa Barbara County, California, near the city of Lompoc. The area was first used by the United States Navy in 1959 for the launch of military and soundin ...
(see also
Point Arguello Light Point Arguello Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Point Arguello in Santa Barbara County, California, serving the Santa Barbara Channel on the Gaviota Coast adjoining Vandenberg Space Force Base near the city of Lompoc, California. The original Poi ...
) # Rocky Point #
Point Conception Point Conception (Chumashan languages, Chumash: ''Humqaq'') is a headland along the Gaviota Coast in southwestern Santa Barbara County, California, United States. It is the point where the Santa Barbara Channel meets the Pacific Ocean, and as ...
(see also Point Conception Light and Point Conception State Marine Reserve) # Point Salinas #
Point Mugu Point Mugu (, Chumash: ''Muwu'') is a cape or promontory within Point Mugu State Park on the Pacific Coast in Ventura County, near the city of Port Hueneme and the city of Oxnard. The name is believed to be derived from the Chumash India ...
(see also
Point Mugu State Park Point Mugu State Park is a state park located in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in Southern California. The rugged, nearly impassible shoreline of the western Santa Monica Mountains gives way to tidal lagoons and coastal sand ...
) #
Point Dume Point Dume is a promontory on the coast of Malibu, California that juts out into the Pacific Ocean. The point, a long bluff, forms the northern end of the Santa Monica Bay. Point Dume Natural Area affords a vista of the Palos Verdes Peninsul ...
(see also Point Dume State Marine Conservation Area) #
Point Vicente Point Vicente Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, United States, north of Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Harbor, which was built in 1926. It is tall and stands on a cliff with a height of . It is between Point Loma ...
(see Point Vicente Lighthouse) #
Palos Verdes Peninsula The Palos Verdes Peninsula () is a peninsular subregion of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, located within southwestern Los Angeles County, California. It is often called simply "Palos Verdes", and is made up of a group of cities in the Palos ...
# Point Fermin (see
Point Fermin Light Point Fermin Light is a lighthouse on Point Fermin in San Pedro, California. History The lighthouse was built in 1874 with lumber from California redwoods. It was designed by Paul J. Pelz who also designed Point Fermin's sister stations, East ...
) # "False Point at False Bay" (gone, see ) #
Point Loma Point Loma ( Spanish: ''Punta de la Loma'', meaning "Hill Point"; Kumeyaay: ''Amat Kunyily'', meaning "Black Earth") is a seaside community in San Diego, California, United States. Geographically it is a hilly peninsula that is bordered on the ...


Other headlands, promontories and rocks

Ordered alphabetically: * Black Point * Comanche Point *
Dana Point Dana Point () is a city located in southern Orange County, California, United States. The population was 33,107 at the 2020 census. It has one of the few harbors along the Orange County coast; with ready access via State Route 1, it is a popu ...
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Duncans Point Duncans Point is a cape on the Pacific Coast of northern California in the United States. It is located in Sonoma County at , approximately northwest of San Francisco and approximately west of Santa Rosa. The point lies about halfway betwe ...
* Muir Beach Overlook * Point Cabrillo (see also
Point Cabrillo Light Point Cabrillo Light is a lighthouse in northern California, United States, between Point Arena and Cape Mendocino, just south of the community of Caspar. It has been a federal aid to navigation since 1909. It is part of the California state ...
) *
Point Lobos Point Lobos and the Point Lobos State Natural Reserve is a state park in California. Adjoining Point Lobos is "one of the richest marine habitats in California". The ocean habitat is protected by two marine protected areas, the Point Lobos Sta ...
*
Point Pinole Regional Shoreline Point Pinole Regional Shoreline is a regional park on the shores of the San Pablo Bay, California (the northern arm of the San Francisco Bay), in the United States. It is approximately in area, and is operated by the East Bay Regional Park Dis ...
*
Point San Quentin Point San Quentin, later known as Potrero Point, was the land projecting into San Francisco Bay that marked the southern extremity of Mission Bay (now filled in), in San Francisco, California.Point Potrero *
Potrero Point Potrero Point is an area in San Francisco, California, east of San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood. Potrero Point was an early San Francisco industrial area. The Point started as small natural land feature that extends into Mission Bay ...
*
Ragged Point Ragged Point may refer to: * Ragged Point, Barbados, a village in Saint Philip Parish in Barbados *Ragged Point (California), a cape along the Big Sur Big Sur () is a rugged and mountainous section of the Central Coast (California), Central ...
* Steamboat Point * Trinidad Head * Salt Point (see
Salt Point State Park Salt Point State Park is a state park in Sonoma County, California, Sonoma County, California, United States. The park covers on the coast of Northern California, with of hiking trails and over of a rough rocky coastline including Salt Point w ...
) *
White Point A white point (often referred to as reference white or target white in technical documents) is a set of tristimulus values or chromaticity coordinates that serve to define the color "white" in image capture, encoding, or reproduction. Depending o ...


See also

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California Coastal National Monument The California Coastal National Monument is located along the entire coastline of the U.S. state of California. This monument ensures the protection of all islets, reefs and rock outcroppings along the California coast, coast of California wit ...
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California Coastal Trail The California Coastal Trail, or CCT, is an environmental project by the California Coastal Conservancy, an organization developed to enhance coastal resources and promote access to the shore in 2001. The trail is designed to connect the e ...
* List of lighthouses in California * Baja California peninsula * Peninsulas of Oregon


References

{{reflist Geography of California * Headlands of California Lists of peninsulas