Balboa Peninsula
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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood of Newport Beach, California
- Also known as: “Balboa” and “Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Balboa Fun Zone and Sherman Library and Gardens.
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.
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.
Balboa Pier
Pier
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The Balboa Pier is one of two piers in the city of Newport Beach, Orange County, California. The other ocean pier on the Balboa Peninsula is the Newport Pier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balboa Island and Corona del Mar.
Balboa Island
Quarter
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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.
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.
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.
Balboa Peninsula
- Categories: peninsula and locality
- Location: Newport Beach, Beach Cities, Orange County, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.59838° or 33° 35′ 54″ northLongitude
-117.89007° or 117° 53′ 24″ westOpen location code
8554H4X5+9XOpenStreetMap ID
node 150964913OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q2889678
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Balboa Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Schiereiland van Balboa”
- Italian: “Balboa Peninsula”
- Spanish: “Peninsula de Balboa”
- Spanish: “Península de Balboa”
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Localities in the Area
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