LosOsosandBaywoodPark
Verymuchoff thebeaten touristpath,Los
Osossitson thesouthern tidalestuaryof
MorroBaywhere itmeets theneighboring
BaywoodPark—asweepingpeninsula
that localsrefer toas the ‘backbay’.Just
sixmilessouthof the joint township is
MontañadeOroStateParkwhosename,
‘mountainofgold’, refers to theblanketof
goldenwildflowers thatbloom inspring.
Formore than juststunningnaturemake
sureyoucheckout theexcellentgolfcourse
at theSeaPinesResort.
AvilaBeach
AvilaBeachhasauniquestill-workingfishing
pier,HarfordPier,builtin1873,whereonce
thePacificCoastRailwaylineranalltheway
outtoitsend.Today, thehistoricpierisone
oftheveryfew leftinthestatethatyoucan
driveacaralong.Thetownis lovedforits
well-maintainedsmall-towncharm,whichis
nevermoreapparentthanintheenchanting
lighthouse,builtinthe1890s.Thenearby
AvilaValleyishometoexcellentwineriesand
tastingroomsforyourpickofthebestbottles.
OceanoandNipomo
Theregion iswellknown for thegiant
Guadalupe-Nipomosanddunes,whichen-
compassa18mile-stretchof thecoastline
andserveas thesecond largestsystem in
thestate.Railway fansarealsowell-served
byOceano’sreconstructedSouthernPacific
Railwaydepot,whichwasbuilt to look like
aclassicdepotandhousesvariousauthen-
ticrailroadartifacts.
EdnaandArroyoGrandeValleys
Endyourroadtripwithavisittowine
countrywhereyoucanrelax inthefoothills
ofvolcanicmountainswithaglassof locally
producedwine.Choosebetweenatastingat
TalleyVineyards inArroyoGrandeValley
orthenearbytownshipofOldEdna.After
reachingthemostsouthernpointoftheDis-
coveryRoute, theEdnaValleywindsnorth
towardsSanLuisObispo.
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WineCoastCountry,
Highway1DiscoveryRoute
Drivingalong theCAHighway 1DiscoveryRoute
allowsyou to tour thecounty’spicturesquecoast-
line,bloomingwinecountryandbest-lovedattrac-
tions,suchasHearstCastle,Cambria’scharming
downtown,andNipomo’ssanddunes,
inone fell swoop
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