Coastal · Easy · Offline directions
Newport Beach
Pier pilings, tidepools, and the quiet streets behind the sand.
- Distance
- ~7 miles
- Time
- 3 hours
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Best at
- Low tide
- Stops
- 6
- Walk total
- 5.9 mi · ~127 min
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- 01
Balboa Pavilion
"Where a gingerbread crown meets the bay, the old resort heart still gleams at dusk."
33.60360, -117.89950Pin on map - 350 m · ~5 min · head SSW from stop 102
Balboa Pier
"A timber finger reaching to sea, where anglers swap tales with gulls and wind."
33.60070, -117.90110Pin on map - 1.6 mi · ~35 min · head ESE from stop 203
The Wedge
"Where waves ricochet off stone and fold into towering glassy peaks."
33.59250, -117.87490Pin on map - 1.4 mi · ~30 min · head WNW from stop 304
Balboa Island Ferry
"Three little boats whisk islanders and daydreams across a glittering gap."
33.60040, -117.89730Pin on map - 820 m · ~11 min · head NNE from stop 405
Balboa Island Museum Newport Beach
"On a village street, island stories are bottled like messages saved from the tide."
33.60670, -117.89260Pin on map - 2.2 mi · ~47 min · head W from stop 506
Dory Fishing Fleet Fish Market
"At dawn, sand-scraped boats trade the night’s catch for the day’s first coffee steam."
33.60940, -117.93020Pin on map