Huntington Beach, Calif.―Huntington State Beach, a beach operated under the auspices of the State of California Parks Services is shown in a photographic image above, stretching from approx. mid-point to the bottom of the photo.  Landmarks that help identify this beach are the white bubble-shaped structures....well over 25 of them. Those objects are the holding tanks located in Fountain Valley for the sanitation district sewage treatment plant.  Up close and personal, you'll not notice the equipment and tanks either across the street or down the road very much. Even closer in another aerial image you'll notice it's all beach at Huntington State Beach.

A barely distinguishable road below the white tanks in the photo is Brookhurst Street, which crosses Pacific Coast Highway (a dark road that follows the contour of the sand and beach). Attendance at Huntington State Beach is fairly high each year and may well exceed several million visitors.

Located at this beach are bonfire pits, concessions with food services, wheelchair access and lots of parking, which is charged for a flat rate day fee. The fee changes annually but has been in the $10 range for several years. There is not camping on this beach, which is open to the public from around 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. at night.

Lifeguard services are provided at the beach, though on a limited basis during the off season which runs from mid-September to mid-May.

To the south (top of the photo) is the Newport Beach attraction called River Beach. Newport Beach comes complete with a point that looks like an arrow pointing out to the ocean. That upper portion of the photo includes a barely distinguishable Newport Pier and the manmade island that comprise the Newport Harbor region.