Harmony Headlands
Harmony Headlands State Park · near Cambria / Cayucos · Central Coast
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- easy
- Route type
- out-and-back
- Distance
- 4.5 miles
- Elevation gain
- 200 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- Year-round (green and wildflowers in spring)
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- No
- How the permit works
- No permit required; small day-use fee/self-pay at the lot. A quiet, uncrowded coastal-bluff walk between Cayucos and Cambria.
- How hard the permit is to get
- 1 of 5
What is here
- Features
- Rolling coastal grassland · Bluff-top ocean overlook · Bird-rich & uncrowded · Wildflowers in spring
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- The trail is a flat, easy walk out to the bluffs and back — perfect for a mellow day or a leg-stretch on a Highway 1 road trip. There's no shade, so bring a hat. Combine it with a stop in the tiny town of Harmony (population 18) just up the road.
The guide
Harmony Headlands is one of the Central Coast's quietest treasures — a former ranch preserved as a state park, where an easy tr…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Harmony Headlands — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 35.487, -121.029