Balboa Island
Balboa Island is a harborside community in Newport Beach, California, accessible to the public by bridge, ferry and several public docks. The community is surrounded by a paved concrete boardwalk open to pedestrian traffic.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Quarter
- Description: neighborhood in Newport Beach, Orange County, California, United States
- Also known as: “Balboa Island, Newport Beach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Balboa Fun Zone and Collins Island.
Balboa Fun Zone
Theme park
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The Balboa Fun Zone is a family destination located on the Balboa Peninsula in the city of Newport Beach, Orange County, California. The Balboa Fun Zone offers both an ocean and harbor experience for an estimated seven million annual visitors to Newport Beach.
Collins Island
Islet
Collins Island is a part of Balboa Island in Newport Beach, California. In 1902, James McFadden sold his Newport townsite and about half of the peninsula to William S.
Sherman Library and Gardens
Garden
The Sherman Library and Gardens are botanical gardens in Corona del Mar, California. The gardens are open to the public daily except Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balboa Peninsula and Harbor Island.
Balboa Peninsula
Suburb
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The Balboa Peninsula is a neighborhood of the city of Newport Beach, California. It is named after Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the first European to sight the Pacific from the Americas. Balboa is primarily residential with some commercial areas.
Harbor Island
Quarter
Harbor Island is a small artificial island in Newport Beach, California. Newport Harbor is a semi-artificial harbor that was formed by dredging an estuary during the early 1900s.
Corona del Mar
Quarter
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Corona del Mar is a seaside neighborhood in the city of Newport Beach, California. It generally consists of all the land on the seaward face of the San Joaquin Hills south of Avocado Avenue to the city limits, as well as the development of Irvine Terrace, just north of Avocado.
Balboa Island
- Categories: island group, human settlement, neighborhood, section of populated place, and locality
- Location: Orange County, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.60648° or 33° 36′ 23″ northLongitude
-117.89208° or 117° 53′ 32″ westElevation
-10 feet (-3 metres)Open location code
8554J445+H5OpenStreetMap ID
node 1837300455OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Balboa Island” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Balboa Island”
- Finnish: “Balboa Island”
- French: “Balboa Island”
- German: “Balboa Island”
- Italian: “Balboa Island, California”
- Italian: “Balboa Island”
- Japanese: “バルボア・アイランド”
- Japanese: “バルボア島”
- Portuguese: “Balboa Island”
- Russian: “Бальбоа-Айленд”
- Spanish: “Isla Balboa”
- Swedish: “Balboa Island”
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