Santa Monica State Beach
Los Angeles / SoCal
parks
At a glance
- Size
- 48
- Established
- 1948
parks detail
- Hook
- The pier, the original Muscle Beach, and LA's most famous strand
- More
- The 1909 pier, the original Muscle Beach south of it (gymnastics rings still in use), and the 22-mile Marvin Braude bike path define the most famous urban beach in America. Twilight concerts, the carousel's 1922 horses — it's the postcard, operating daily.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.01, -118.496