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Next Region: El Camino Real in Central California

The Central California Coast

This region covers the coast and immediate coastal mountains from just south of San Francisco to Point Conception in Santa Barbara County.

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• Pacifica ()
• Devils Slide Trail ()
• Montara ()
• Sweeney Ridge ()
• Half Moon Bay ()
• Pescadero ()
• Pigeon Point Lighthouse ()
• Ano Nuevo State Park
• Davenport

• Portola Redwoods State Park ()
• Butano State Park ()
• Castle Rock State Park ()
• Big Basin State Park ()
• Waddell Creek
• Felton and Roaring Camp ()
• Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park ()

• Wilder Ranch State Park ()
• North of the City of Santa Cruz ()
• The University of California Santa Cruz ()
• Natural Bridges State Beach ()
• West Cliff Drive ()
• The Santa Cruz Wharf ()
• The Santa Cruz Boardwalk ()
• Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park ()
• South of Downtown Santa Cruz ()

• Capitola ()
• Seacliff and New Brighton State Beaches ()
• Sunset and Manresa State Beaches ()
• Moss Landing ()
• Elkhorn Slough ()
• Castroville ()
• Marina, Fort Ord Dunes, and Seaside ()

• North of Downtown Monterey ()
• The Harbor at Monterey ()
• Custom House Plaza ()
• Pacific House on Custom House Plaza ()
• Downtown Monterey ()
• Uptown Monterey ()
• Colton Hall ()
• The Royal Presidio Chapel, San Carlos Cathedral ()
• Fisherman's Cove and San Carlos Beach ()
• Cannery Row in Monterey ()
• The Monterey Bay Aquarium ()

• The Pacific Grove Shoreline ()
• Downtown Pacific Grove ()
• Lovers Point ()
• Point Piños ()
• Asilomar State Conference Grounds ()

• The North Coastal Portion of the 17-Mile Drive ()
• Cypress Point on the 17-Mile Drive ()
• Pebble Beach and Stillwater Cove ()

• Ocean Avenue ()
• Scenic Road ()
• Carmel River Beach and Carmel Meadows ()
• Mission Ranch ()
• Carmel Mission (Mission San Carlos Borromeo) ()

• Granite Point ()
• Whalers Cove ()
• Cannery Point at Whalers Cove ()
• Bluefish Cove on the North Shore Trail ()
• North Shore Trail ()
• The Allan Memorial Cypress Grove ()
• Pinnacle Viewpoint on the Cypress Grove Trail ()
• Sea Lion Point ()
• South of Sea Lion Point ()
• The Bird Island Trail ()

• Carmel Highlands ()
• Garrapata State Park ()
• Soberanes Point ()
• Rocky Point at Notley's Landing
• Palo Colorado Road
• Bixby Creek Bridge and Hurricane Point
• The Old Coast Road
• The Little Sur River
• The Point Sur Lighthouse ()

• Andrew Molera State Park ()
• Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park ()
• Manuel Peak Trail above the Big Sur Valley ()
• Pfeiffer Beach ()
• Posts Summit

• Nepenthe and Grimes Point ()
• Partington Ridge and Cove ()
• Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park ()
• Big Creek and Esalen ()
• Lucia ()
• The New Camaldoli Hermitage ()
• Limekiln State Park ()
• Kirk Creek Campground ()
• The Vicente Flat trail ()
• The Nacimiento Fergusson Road ()
• Cone Peak Above the Big Sur Coast ()

• Pacific Valley and Sand Dollar Beach
• Plaskett Creek and Jade Cove ()
• Willow Creek and Gorda ()
• The Southernmost Redwoods ()
• Salmon Creek Falls ()
• Ragged Point ()

• San Carpoforo Creek ()
• Point Piedras Blancas ()
• San Simeon ()
• San Simeon Point Coastal Trail ()
• San Simeon Creek State Park ()
• Cambria ()
• Harmony Headlands State Park ()
• Cayucos ()

• Morro Rock and Morro Bay ()
• Morro Bay State Park ()
• Los Osos Oaks State Reserve ()
• Montaña de Oro State Park ()
• The Point Buchon Trail ()

• The Pecho Coast Trail to Point San Luis Lighthouse ()
• Point San Luis Lighthouse ()
• Avila Bay and Avila Beach ()
• Shell Beach ()

• Pismo Beach ()
• Oceano ()
• Arroyo Grande ()
• Oso Flaco Dunes Trail ()
• The Guadalupe Dunes and Point Sal ()

• Vandenburg Air Force Base and Surf ()
• Jalama Beach ()

Next Region: El Camino Real in Central California

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