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The Best Attractions In California’s Central Coast

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Kenneth Volk Vineyards

Foxen Vineyard & Winery

Stearns Wharf

Old Mission Santa Barbara

17-Mile Drive

Pacific House Museum

Santa Cruz Harbor Beach

Jaffurs Wine Cellars

Monarch Butterfly Grove

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Cal Coast Adventures

Santa Barbara Museum of Art

Arroyo Burro County Beach Park

Rancho Sisquoc Winery

The Central Valley is a flat valley that dominates the geographical center of the U.S. state of California. It is 40 to 60 miles wide and stretches approximately 450 miles from north-northwest to south-southeast, inland from and parallel to the Pacific Ocean coast. It covers approximately 18,000 square miles , about 11% of California's total land area . The valley is bounded by the Sierra Nevada to the east and the Coast Ranges to the west. It is California's single most productive agricultural region and one of the most productive in the world, providing more than half of the fruits, vegetables and nuts grown in the United States. More than 7 million ...
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The Best Attractions In California’s Central Coast

1. Monterey Bay Aquarium Monterey
Monterey Bay Aquarium is a nonprofit public aquarium in Monterey, California. Known for its regional focus on the marine habitats of Monterey Bay, it was the first to exhibit a living kelp forest when it opened in October 1984. Its biologists have pioneered the animal husbandry of jellyfish and it was the first to successfully care for and display a great white shark. The organization's research and conservation efforts also focus on sea otters, various birds, and tunas. Seafood Watch, a sustainable seafood advisory list published by the aquarium beginning in 1999, has influenced the discussion surrounding sustainable seafood. Early proposals to build a public aquarium in Monterey County were not successful until a group of four marine biologists affiliated with Stanford University revisit...
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2. Old Mission Santa Barbara Santa Barbara
The United States of America , commonly known as the United States or America, is a country composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles , the United States is the world's third- or fourth-largest country by total area and slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe's 3.9 million square miles . With a population of over 325 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city by population is New York City. Forty-eight states and the capital's federal district are contiguous in North America between Canada and Mexico. The State of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Beri...
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3. Cannery Row Monterey
Cannery Row is a 1982 American comedy-drama film directed by David S. Ward. It stars Nick Nolte and Debra Winger. The movie is adapted from John Steinbeck's novels Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday.
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4. 17-Mile Drive Monterey
17-Mile Drive is a scenic road through Pebble Beach and Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula in California, much of which hugs the Pacific coastline and passes famous golf courses, mansions and scenic attractions, including the Lone Cypress, Bird Rock and the 5,300-acre Del Monte Forest of Monterey Cypress trees.The drive serves as the main road through the gated community of Pebble Beach. Inside this community, nonresidents have to pay a toll to use the road. Like the community, the majority of 17-Mile Drive is owned and operated by the Pebble Beach Corporation. The 17-Mile Drive is a 17-mile -long scenic loop having four primary entrances - the main highway entrance at California State Route 1, and entrances in Carmel and Pacific Grove.
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5. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Santa Cruz
The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is an oceanfront amusement park in Santa Cruz, California. Founded in 1907, it is California's oldest surviving amusement park and one of the few seaside parks on the West Coast of the United States.
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6. Natural Bridges State Beach Santa Cruz
Natural Bridges State Beach is a 65-acre California state park in Santa Cruz, California in the United States. The park features a natural bridge across a section of the beach. It is also well known as a hotspot to see monarch butterfly migrations. The Monarch Butterfly Natural Preserve is home to up to 150,000 monarch butterflies from October through early February.
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7. Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara County, California, officially the County of Santa Barbara, is a county located in the southern region of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 423,895. The county seat is Santa Barbara, and the largest city is Santa Maria. Santa Barbara County comprises the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Most of the county is part of the California Central Coast. Mainstays of the county's economy include engineering, resource extraction , winemaking, agriculture, and education. The software development and tourism industries are important employers in the southern part of the county. Southern Santa Barbara County is sometimes considered the northern cultural boundary of Southern California.
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8. Monarch Butterfly Grove Pismo Beach
The U.S. state of California has instituted numerous conservation programs, policies, laws, reserves and Habitat restoration projects throughout the state to facilitate the health and migration of the western population of the monarch butterfly . The population of western monarchs require very different breeding and overwintering habitat when compared to the eastern population of monarch butterflies. They require specific micro-climatic conditions to survive the winter and they are sensitive to habitat changes at the overwintering sites. The large aggregations of butterflies are seen as the most vulnerable at their overwintering locations along the coast. Many monarch overwintering sites are contained within the coastal zone; an area defined by the Coastal Zone Management Act to be 1000 ya...
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9. Rancho Sisquoc Winery Santa Maria
10. Santa Cruz Harbor Beach Santa Cruz
The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is an oceanfront amusement park in Santa Cruz, California. Founded in 1907, it is California's oldest surviving amusement park and one of the few seaside parks on the West Coast of the United States.
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11. Foxen Vineyard & Winery Santa Maria
Santa Barbara County, California, officially the County of Santa Barbara, is a county located in the southern region of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 423,895. The county seat is Santa Barbara, and the largest city is Santa Maria. Santa Barbara County comprises the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Most of the county is part of the California Central Coast. Mainstays of the county's economy include engineering, resource extraction , winemaking, agriculture, and education. The software development and tourism industries are important employers in the southern part of the county. Southern Santa Barbara County is sometimes considered the northern cultural boundary of Southern California.
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12. Cal Coast Adventures Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara is a public research university and one of the 10 campuses of the University of California system. It is considered to be one of the most prestigious universities in the nation. The main campus is located on a 1,022-acre site near Isla Vista, California, United States, 8 miles from Santa Barbara and 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Tracing its roots back to 1891 as an independent teachers' college, UCSB joined the University of California system in 1944 and is the third-oldest general-education campus in the system. UCSB is one of America's Public Ivy universities, a designation that recognizes top public research universities in the U.S. The university is a comprehensive doctoral university, and is organized into five colleges and schools off...
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13. Twin Lakes State Beach Santa Cruz
Twin Lakes is a census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. The population is at an estimated 5,378 as of 2016 which is up by 461 in 2010.
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14. Mullin Automotive Museum Oxnard
15. Arroyo Burro County Beach Park Santa Barbara

California’s Central Coast Videos

California Road Trip: 6 Days Exploring the Central Coast

The central coast of California is one of the most beautiful places in the United States. The views of the coastline, outdoor adventures, and small towns always keep me coming back for more. Amie and I spent 6 days exploring the area and this video showcases all of the things that we did in towns like Pismo Beach, Morro Bay, Los Alamos, Cayucus, Cambria and San Simeon.

Read about all of these central coast spots and more at CaliforniaThroughMyLens.com

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10 Best Places to Visit in California - Travel Video

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10 Best Places to Visit in California 2019 - Travel Video

There’s more to California than just movie stars and Disneyland. This is a state that boasts a large number of stunning natural attractions, including beautiful beaches, serene deserts and majestic mountains. California is also home to a number of exciting major cities, charming towns and to some of the world’s best wineries.

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With 840 miles of coastline and 163,707 total square miles, California offers its residents a unique way of life. You can choose to live in one of the largest cities in the world, Los Angeles, or shut yourself away in a small coastal town in Marin. You can feast your eyes on the majestic Pacific Ocean, or go water skiing at Lake Tahoe. But, as is the case everywhere, certain places in the Golden State are regarded as better than others, and it’s not always easy to decide where you might live, once you decide to relocate.
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6. San Carlos
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10. Coronado
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Camping California's Central Coast ~ What Can Be Done in 9 Days!

Join us on our recent nine day camping trip on the beautiful Central Coast of California! We visit Morro Bay State Park, Plaskett Creek Campground, San Simeon Creek Campground at San Simeon State Park and then enjoy a Harvest Host stay at a winery in Paso Robles. California's Central Coast has a lot to offer ~ beautiful views, nice walks and great hikes, the ocean, beaches and wineries. All right up our alley!

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Road Trip Pt 1: Hwy 1 PCH/Cabrillo Highway Best Pit Stops from San Francisco to Los Angeles

This year for our annual road trip down to Southern California we decided to take the more meandering but infinitely more beautiful and exciting route down Highway 1 (also known as the Pacific Coast Highway or Cabrillo Highway).

There's so much to do you can easily spend a couple weeks making your way down (or up!) but here are my picks for the best pit stops. Also, to help you time it correctly, I've created two lists; a long version (3+ days) and a short version (1-2 days).

Part 1 covers the drive from San Francisco through Big Sur. Part 2 covers the drive from San Simeon to Los Angeles.

Santa Cruz Surfing Museum
Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse
Lighthouse Point
701 West Cliff Drive
Santa Cruz, CA
831-420-6289
Website: cityofsantacruz.com/government/city-departments/parks-recreation/facilities/surfing-museum
Open for summer (July 4th - Labor Day) 10AM-5PM Thursdays through Tuesdays and rest of the year Noon-4PM Thursdays through Mondays.

Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
101 N Big Trees Park Road
Felton, CA 95018
831-335-4598
Website: parks.ca.gov/?page_id=546
Open sunrise to sunset
$10 parking fee

Monterey Bay Aquarium
886 Cannery Row
Monterey, CA 93940
Open daily 10AM-5PM except Christmas Day
Website: montereybayaquarium.org

17 Mile Drive Northern Entrance
Pacific Grove Gate
17 Mile Drive
Pebble Beach, CA 93950
Website: pebblebeach.com/17-mile-drive/

Highlands Inn
120 Highlands Drive
Carmel, CA 93923
831-620-1234
Website: hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/california/hyatt-carmel-highlands-overlooking-big-sur-coast-and-highlands-inn-a-hyatt-residence-club/higph

Limekiln State Park & Campgrounds
Highway 1
Big Sur, CA 93920
805-434-1996
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Fernwood Resort Big Sur
47200 Highway 1
Big Sur, CA 93920
831-667-2422
Email: info@fernwoodbigsur.com
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Exploring California's Central Coast - Morro Bay and Montana de Oro State Park

We explored the beautiful Central Coast of California. First we stopped by the crystal blue waters of Morro Bay to take in the sight of the world famous Morro Rock. Then we headed South to wander around the beautiful Montana de Oro State Park and discovered sea caves, tidal pools and hidden cove beaches.

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Central California Coast Sprinter Van Road Trip I 5-Day Itinerary

In April I partnered with Visit California to spend 5-days exploring the outdoor adventure along the Central Coast of California in my Sprinter Van. Our itinerary included stops in Ventura, Santa Barbara, Ojai, Avila Beach, Morro Bay, and Cambria. We hiked, biked, kayaked, hit the beach, camped, drank wine, and ate a ton of good food. We also capped off our trip with two-nights at the ocean-front Cambria Beach Lodge.

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The Discovery Route - 10 Destinations on the Central Coast of California

Wine Coast Country, the coastal region of San Luis Obispo County, CA located midway
between Los Angeles and San Francisco, spans 101 miles of prime Pacific coastline and is
comprised of 10 diverse destinations and seaside villages rich in character and history.
Traveling throughout WineCoastCountry's 10 regions, visitors will be treated to majestic
views of rugged Pacific coastline, relaxing beaches, lush rolling farmland and renowned,
verdant vineyards. Travelers can partake in locavore dining, wine tasting, farm visits,
outdoor activities, cultural exhibitions and festivals. History buffs will love the wide range
of historical points of interest along the way including San Simeon's famed Hearst Castle,
Cambria's Santa Rosa Chapel, Cayucos' Pier and Sea Captain Cass' House from 1867, Avila
Beach's 1890 Point San Luis Light House, the 100+ year-old townsite of Old Edna and
Nipomo's archeological site from Cecile B. DeMille's epic 1932 film The Ten
Commandments. Outdoor enthusiasts can partake in hiking, biking, horseback riding,
kayaking and surfing at the many beautiful state parks, nature reserves, estuaries, beaches and trails in WineCoastCountry.
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