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Arroyo Grande Valley Saturdays, 12pm to 2:30pm Olohan Alley 101 MILES OF

Salmon Creek Falls Cambria ADVENTURE Coast 1 Fridays, 2:30pm to 5pm Uncrowded beaches, 1000 Main St. Discovery Route RAGGED POINT of San Luis Obispo scenic landscapes and Avila Beach Ragged Point regional wines form the Cliffside Trail Fridays, 4pm to 8pm (April–Sept. only) perfect backdrop for the on the Promenade ultimate rural road trip. Cayucos Boucher Trail Fridays, 10am to 12:30pm Piedras Blancas (Memorial Day–Labor Day only) Light Station ® 10 Cayucos Drive Elephant Seal Rookery WHERE NATURE

Los Osos HEARST CASTLE RD MEETS NURTURE Mondays, 2pm to 4:30pm SAN SIMEON Santa Maria St. at 2nd St. Sebastian’s General Store ON CALIFORNIA’S Coastal Discovery Center 101 Nipomo San Simeon Pier & CENTRAL COAST W.R.H. Memorial State Beach Sundays, 11:30am to 2:30pm Hearst Ranch Zebras Between the natural splendor of Big Sur 1645 Trilogy Parkway and the sophistication of Santa Barbara, a Covell CA Clydesdale Ranch PASO ROBLES Leffingwell Landing Nitt Witt Ridge remarkable stretch of combines MAIN ST Moonstone Beach Drive the charms of both. Meet the Highway 1 Cambria’s East & National West Villages CAMBRIA Discovery Route, where rugged coastline, Marine Sanctuary Fiscalini Ranch Preserve adventure, and the great wide open lie just minutes from , boutique 46 shopping, cuisine and culture. Into the HARMONY 101 world or into the wild: Where will the road Harmony Headlands State Park take you? Historic Cass House

Estero Bluffs State Park ATASCADERO Cayucos Tide Pools CAYUCOS and Pier Cayucos History Museum & Visitor Center

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San Francisco MORRO BAY Museum of Natural History 101 & The Morro Bay National Estuary Back Bay Marina Los Osos El Moro Elfin Forest San Luis Obispo Sea Pines Golf Resort

SOUTH BAY SOUTH BAY County (SLO CAL) BLVD Morro Natural Preserve LOS OSOS VALLEY RD

1 Black Hand Cellars 2 Cayucos Cellars Los Angeles SAN LUIS OBISPO 3 Moonstone Cellars Montaña De Oro 4 Twin Coyotes Winery State Park LOS OSOS & 5 Stolo Family Vineyards 6 Harmony Cellars BAYWOOD PARK 101 227 EDNA VALLEY Old Edna Townsite Bob Jones Trail SAN LUIS BAY DR Lopez Lake AVILA BEACH Avila Valley Barn ORCUTT RD Recreational Area Avila Beach Golf Resort Avila Hot Springs Avila Pier, Port San Luis and Historic Lighthouse Central Coast LOPEZ DRIVE Huasna Townsite Drive Highway1DiscoveryRoute.com Pecho Coast Trail Aquarium 227

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PISMO BEACH 101 HUASNA RD To Highway 1 Discovery Route Monarch Butterfly Grove ARROYO GRANDE HWY1 Discovery Route From: Beach Access Oceano Dunes District Visitor Center VALLEY 231 miles Swinging Bridge Oceano Dunes SVRA Wildlife Viewing Historic/Museums Oceano Train Depot San Jose 185 miles LOS BERROS RD Monterey 141 miles POMEROY RD Hiking OCEANO Yosemite 230 miles Golf Black Lake NIPOMO Golf Resort Santa Barbara 116 miles Cypress Ridge WILLOW RD Biking Stewardship Travel Golf Course Dana Adobe Los Angeles 189 miles 312 miles Monarch 101 6 miles Dunes Wine & Beer Tasting Golf Club Las Vegas 422 miles OSO FLACO LAKE RD Oso Flaco Lake Natural Area Guadalupe Nipomo Dunes VERYROU CO TE. IS CO 1D M FREE ROAD MAP Y A W COASTAL SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY H G I 10 DESTINATIONS AND 1 FANTASTIC VACATION H 500 hotels, motels, vacation rentals and B&Bs to stay and enjoy California Highway 1 RAGGED POINT CAYUCOS OCEANO & NIPOMO Discovery Route WILDLIFE VIEWING AND STEWARDSHIP TIPS Great wildlife viewing encounters involve good timing, observation skills, and a little luck! California’s Highway 1 Discovery Route offers some of the best wildlife viewing opportunities anywhere. Use these tips to improve your Gateway to Big Sur Historic Beach Town Explore Our Historic Roots chances for a memorable wildlife experience!

Ragged Point, with its ‘Million Dollar View’ is a landmark stop for Explore this iconic seaside town where the old west meets the Pacific Oceano is an authentic California beach town at the edge of the Be outside during dawn, dusk, and incoming tides. travelers heading north to Big Sur or south to Hearst Castle along Ocean. Head to the shore to watch surfers, go kayaking, explore tide largest dunes complex in the state. The Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Birds, fish, and mammals are active during these times. Look for California’s iconic Highway 1 Discovery Route. Towering 400 feet pools, fish off the 950-foot historic pier, or view sea life just off shore. Recreation Area is the only place in California where visitors may drive churning water surfaces, diving birds, shiny dolphin backs, seals and above the Pacific Ocean, the view from the point reveals miles of Stretch your legs by promenading down the small-town streets, on the beach and enjoy the area’s diverse recreation opportunities, otters in bays and on open water. Listen for songbirds singing in bushes and trees, especially during spring and early summer. deep blue ocean, waves crashing on remote beaches, and seasonal discovering historic buildings with local antique stores, sea-side from ATV cruising to horseback riding to surf fishing. The historic whale watching. restaurants and mom and pop shops that have been around for decades. Oceano Train Depot served as a classic Type 22 train depot until 1973, Look and listen for signs of wildlife. and is now a museum filled with railroad artifacts. Nipomo is home Look for animal tracks and droppings (called scat). Large birds like to three world-class golf courses, and the historic Dana Adobe home ospreys, hawks, vultures, and cormorants leave noticeable white MUST-SEE SPOTS: Ragged Point Cliffside Trail MUST-SEE SPOTS: Cayucos Pier and gardens. Nipomo’s flower-filled greenhouses, orchards laden with droppings (whitewash) on bushes, trees, sea cliffs and rocks. When you see this, look up to find where birds roost or nest. Salmon Creek Falls Tide Pools citrus and avocados, and fields of strawberries reflect the community’s Estero Bluffs agricultural roots. Low tide exposes fascinating and fragile life on the rocks. Historic Cass House Venture carefully on rocks for a close-up peek into the exciting tidal History Museum world of animals feeding, interacting or waiting for the incoming tide. SAN SIMEON MUST-SEE SPOTS: Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center Oceano Train Depot Look for whales when seas are calm. Look for whale spouts or blows, tail flukes, and dorsal fins. Big splashes Oso Flaco Lake Natural Area may indicate a whale has just breached. Look for The Whale Trail Monarch Butterfly Grove THE BEST OF LOS OSOS & BAYWOOD PARK viewing sites along the Highway 1 Discovery Route at: TheWhaleTrail.org Dana Adobe CowParade Moonarch Dude Stay at a distance, including drones. If birds and animals get nervous, they show it by looking at you, raising their heads and stopping what they were doing. Any change of an animal’s natural behavior is a disturbance.

EDNA VALLEY Stay away from animals that appear sick or abandoned. If you find an injured bird or land animal, you can help by calling Pacific HIGHWAY 1 Wildlife Care; 805-543-9453. If you suspect a marine animal is injured or in danger, call the Center; 415-289-7325. Discover uncrowded beaches, road trips, bicycle routes, wildlife viewing, hiking trails, wine regions & lodging The Majestic Coast Highway1DiscoveryRoute.com/stewardship-travel Highway1DiscoveryRoute.com Your experience begins at the edge of NOAA’s Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and is sandwiched between Highway 1, Off The Beaten Path a National Scenic Byway, and the Pacific Whale Trail, the gray whale migration route from the feeding grounds of Alaska to the breeding Nestled around the south shore of Morro Bay, nature lovers are ANNUAL EVENTS grounds of Baja, California. World famous Hearst San Simeon State drawn to Los Osos and Baywood Park. These little-known gems are Historical Monument sits atop “The Enchanted Hill” with a magnificent surrounded by gorgeous parks, bay and estuary. Morro Bay National 115–room main house, guesthouses, pools, 8 acres of cultivated JUNE Estuary, near the Morro Dunes Natural Preserve, is one of the best- gardens and a world class art collection. preserved estuaries in central and southern CA, and home to more LOCATION KEY Roll Out the Barrels (EV, AG) SLO Wine Country Baywood Junefest (LO) than 250 species of birds and an historic oyster farm. Montaña de NORTH (SS) San Simeon Country Coast Classic Bike Ride (CM) Oro State Park offers more than 50 miles of hiking and mountain Cool ocean breezes and rich soil create ideal conditions for growing Hearst Castle (CM) Cambria Gem and Mineral Show (CM) MUST-SEE SPOTS: biking trails with spectacular ocean, mountain and valley vistas. world-class grapes. Edna Valley—an American Viticultural Area (AVA) (PR) Paso Robles Twilight on the Terrace at Hearst Castle (SS) Piedras Blancas Light Station (CY) Cayucos —covers a dozen miles from Arroyo Grande Valley to San Luis Obispo (MB) Morro Bay Pismo Beach Car Show (PB) Boucher Trail through Tuscan-style countryside. Sample cool climate, award-winning (LO) Los Osos & Baywood Park Central Coast Aquarium’s Beneath the Piedras Blancas MUST-SEE SPOTS: Montaña de Oro State Park wines such as Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Albariño in more than 27 CALIFORNIA WHALE TRAIL Surface Dive & Beach Cleanup (AB) (SLO CAL) San Luis Obispo County Elephant Seal Rookery Morro Bay National Estuary tasting rooms. Enjoy a visit to the Old Edna Townsite: Founded in the SOUTH Coastal Discovery Center El Moro Elfin Forest 1840s, Old Edna was once a bustling center for farming and ranching The Whale Trail is a nonprofit organization in partnership (SL) San Luis Obispo JULY Hearst Ranch Zebras The Back Bay Marina families and today is host to a wine tasting room and gourmet deli (EV) Edna Valley 4th of July Parade and Celebration (SLO CAL) San Simeon Cove Udderly Osos CowBear with NOAA Fisheries, National Marine Sanctuaries and other (AB) Avila Beach & Valley Festival Mozaic (SLO CAL) nestled within the historic buildings. (PB) Pismo Beach national marine conservation organizations with a mission (AG) Arroyo Grande Valley Rock to Pier Fun Run (CY) (ON) Oceano & Nipomo Yoga Festival (AB) to inspire appreciation and stewardship for the marine MUST-SEE SPOTS: Old Edna Townsite environment. Our locations are the biggest cluster of sites on AUGUST CAMBRIA AVILA BEACH SLO Wine Country wineries the Pacific Coast. The viewing sites are ADA accessible and JANUARY Olive Festival (PR) provide details about the whales, dolphins, seals and otters Polar Bear Ocean Dip (CY) Boatzart Festival (LO) that can be viewed from shore. Art & Wine Festival Cambria (CM) Model Railroad Train Show (ON) SEPTEMBER ARROYO GRANDE VALLEY Winter Bird Festival (MB) Pinedorado Days (CM) Elephant Seal Exploratory Tours (SS) SLO County Wine Month (SLO CAL) See Whales From The Shore Avocado & Margarita Festival (MB) FEBRUARY Avila Apple Festival (AB) Coastal Discovery & Stewardship (SLO CAL) Arroyo Grande Valley Harvest Festival (AG) California Western Monarch Day (PB) Bayfest Music Festival (LO) Cambria Film Festival (SS, CM) Ocean Film Festival (SS) OCTOBER BlendFest on the Coast (SS) Scarecrow Festival (CM, SS) PCWT Passport Weekend (SS, CM, CY) Central Coast Railroad Festival (SLO CAL) Open Studios Tour (SLO CAL) MARCH Oktoberfest (LO, CM, ON) Pines Meet the Sea Pick Your Perfect Paradise International Film Festival (SLO CAL) Harvest Celebration (CM) Just 6 miles south of Hearst Castle, Cambria is where the pines Sea Glass Festival (CY) Antique Street Faire (CY) What’s your idea of paradise? Is it a spa retreat that combines natural, Vintage Paso: Zinfandel & Other Eroica Bike Ride (CM, CY) meet the sea. Antique and art shops, boutique restaurants and a mineral hot springs? Are you searching for a beach getaway in a Wild Wines (PR) SLO Gran Fondo (SLO CAL) weekly farmers market offer plenty to do, as well as the town’s warm, sunny place? Perhaps you yearn to explore the Central Coast’s Wine and Water Sports Harbor Festival (MB) rich history, beautiful vistas and miles of beach-front boardwalks. finest vintners on a wine tasting adventure? Or is it discovering the APRIL Cambria invites you to lace up your hiking boots, clip into your source of farm-to-table in an amazing agritourism experience? There The valley is the perfect climate for long bike rides and wine tasting Easter Parade (CY) NOVEMBER road bike, cozy up by a fire, enjoy walks along the beach, engage is also biking, hiking, kayaking and oceanfront golf. Whatever paradise among rolling hills. Just a short distance away is the historic Village of Cayucos Car Show (CY) Orchid Show and Sale (AG) in a Stewardship Travel Activity or simply eat, drink and repeat. means to you, it’s easy to take your pick in Avila Beach. Arroyo Grande, full of shopping, great places to eat, and California’s SLO County is known for its Sculptors Symposium (CM) Holiday Extravaganza Melodrama (ON) only swinging bridge. The Lopez Lake Recreation Area offers a water SLO Marathon (SL) Christmas Concert & Parade in the Village (AG) abundant wildlife seasons Chili Cook-off & Car Show (CM) Elegant Evening at Hearst Castle (SS) playground with 22 miles of shoreline ideal for boating, fishing, Main Street (East and West Village) Port San Luis Harbor Significant natural occurrences can be observed annually. Plan your Harvest on the Coast (AB) MUST-SEE SPOTS: MUST-SEE SPOTS: sailing, hiking and mountain biking. Families can enjoy the Mustang MAY Pacific Coast Wine Trail Historic Lighthouse Waterpark and Vista Lago Zipline Adventure Park. next trip around your favorite species or group of animals. Moonstone Beach Pecho Coast Trail Avila Beach Tequila Festival (AB) DECEMBER ELEPHANT SEALS: OCEAN ABUNDANCE: Fiscalini Ranch Preserve Bob Jones Trail Strawberry Festival (AG) Christmas at Hearst Castle (SS) December, January, February, August, September, October Avila Beach Blues Festival (AB) Holiday Extravaganza Melodrama (ON) Historical Walking Tour Avila Valley Barn Lopez Lake Recreational Area May MUST-SEE SPOTS: MONARCH BUTTERFLIES: Cambria Wildflower Show (CM) Holidays in the Pines (CM) Covell’s CA Clydesdales Central Coast Aquarium Historic Huasna Townsite Drive BIRDS: November, December, January May Madness (CY) Festival of the Trees (CM) Swinging Bridge December, January, February February Paso Robles Wine Festival (PR) Lighted Boat Parade (MB) SLO Wine Country wineries Cayucos Antique Faire (CY) Christmas in Cayucos (CY) GRAY WHALES: SEA OTTERS: Olallieberry Festival (CM) Cambria Christmas Market (CM) March, April, May Look for them ALL year Hearst Castle is a registered trademark of Hearst Castle®/California State Parks - All Rights Reserved