Pismo State Beach
Central Coast
parks
At a glance
- Size
- 1412
- Established
- 1935
parks detail
- Hook
- The classic pier-and-dunes beach, plus the state's largest monarch grove in winter
- More
- The Monarch Butterfly Grove shelters tens of thousands of overwintering monarchs November–February — mornings before the sun warms them, they hang in dense clusters. The North Beach campground and the clamming heritage (licenses and size limits enforced) carry the old Pismo identity.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 35.121, -120.63