Vacations on the California Coast

The California coast is one of the top tourist destinations in America. California’s coastline extends from the soft sandy tropical beaches of San Diego by the Mexican border to the rugged northern California coast near Oregon. Vacations on the California coast are a great way to enjoy sunshine, sand and wide expanses of open beaches.

The Northern Coast of California features beautiful redwoods and small coastal towns. It stretches along the Pacific from the Bay Area to the Oregon border. All along the Northern California coast there are quaint coastal towns such as Shelter Cove and villages fringed by beautiful black sand beaches.

San Francisco is in Northern California very near the magnificent coastal scenery of the Marin headlands. There are over 70 miles of beaches, and many different interesting neighborhoods filled with different ethnicities in San Diego is another renowned coastal city in California. California is also known for Monterey which is a large bay town in Northern California.

With over 1,000 miles of coastline and many, many beaches the California coast is many things to many people. The beaches include flat, sandy expanses or rocky shores. The California coast is a great place to explore. There are a number of destinations for coastal vacations in California. You can sun bathe, swim, go abalone diving or salmon fishing.

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