2–3 DAYS

75 MILES/120KM

GREAT FOR...

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BEST TIME TO GO

July to October gives

you the best chance of

sunshine.

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ESSENTIAL

PHOTO

Elephant seal antics at

Año Nuevo’s beaches.

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BEST FOR

FOODIES

Pescadero’s bakery,

goat dairy and

roadside farms.

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Along Highway 1

to Santa Cruz

South of San Francisco to Santa Cruz, you’ll travel one of the

most jaw-dropping stretches of scenic highway on California’s

coast, passing family farmstands, lighthouses and beaches.

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Moss

Beach

Pacifica

Pigeon

Point

Waddell

Beach

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Half Moon Bay

Surf’s up and the

seafood’s fresh

15 miles

Año Nuevo

State Park

Where humongous

elephant seals

hang out

45 miles

Santa Cruz

Carnival fun on

the vintage beach

boardwalk

65 miles

Pescadero

Bucolic farm town

for California-grown

tastes

30 miles

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS