Pismo State Beach

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Location:Off Highway 1 in the town of Oceano.
Facilities:Family campsites (including RV hookups), showers, restrooms, picnic areas, trails (including a paved nature trail), nature center, exhibits (é).
Activities:Camping, surf fishing, swimming, surfing, hiking, horseback riding, wildlife viewing, clamming, interpretive programs.
Special Features:Park has six miles of sandy beach and tree-lined dunes, as well as a nature center. This park is one of the largest over-wintering monarch butterfly sites in the US.
Address:c/o Oceano Dunes District Office
575 Camino Mercado
Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
Phone:805-489-2684
Web: www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=595
Size: 1,343 acres.

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At Pismo State Beach we witnessed tens of thousands of Monarch butterflies taking refuge in the Eucalyptus grove, which occurs between November and February.

California greenin': green gems along the California Coast

Pismo State Beach. Look for monarchs near the North Beach Campground.

Butterfly heaven: watch monarchs winter along Northern California's coast

Inland from Pismo State Beach are the small towns of Guadalupe and Orcutt en route to the city of Lompoc.

Wheels of fortune: bicycling the California coast

Go west on Pier Avenue, which skirts Pismo State Beach Oceano Campground.

Hidden charms of Oceano

It's worth forsaking the hard pack along the oceanfront to challenge the shifting sands of the Pismo State Beach Dune Preserve, especially in spring when the bush lupine and beach primrose are in bloom.

Beach town classics: check out vintage California style in the Central Coast's Pismo Beach and newly revived Avila Beach

Pismo Beach: Pismo State Beach at North Beach Campground, (805) 489-1869.

Here come the monarchs

Pismo State Beach, near San Luis Obispo (off State 1, 1/2 mile north of Grand Avenue in Grover City) gets more than 100,000; dawn to dusk, free.

Where the monarchs hang out

Pismo State Beach, 14 miles south of town, had some 100,000 monarchs last year.

Winter wildlife watching; elk to elephant seals, Colorado to the Pacific

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