El Capitán State Beach
Central Coast
parks
At a glance
- Size
- 2634
- Established
- 1953
parks detail
- Hook
- Bluff campground above a point break, monarchs in the sycamores
- More
- The sycamore-and-oak canyon meets a driftwood point with tidepools and a seasonal creek — El Cap's bluff campground books out the moment windows open. Monarchs cluster in the canyon in winter; the beach shuttle gap to Refugio makes an easy one-way walk.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.457, -120.024