Southern Beaches at San Gregorio State Beach

Half Moon Bay, California

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1.48 miles

Elevation Gain

16 ft

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Out-and-Back

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The Southern Beaches at San Gregorio State Beach offer unique and fun beaches to hike along south of Half Moon Bay!

Not a trail per se, but approximately 3 miles (down and back) of beautiful beach to walk down. Lots of interesting caves, wild animals, and rock formations to discover. This is a popular location for sea kayakers. San Gregorio State Beach was originally founded to protect the estuary at the back of the beach. Historically, the estuary was a Coho Salmon habitat. The entire beach is a part of the Monterey Bay National Sea Sanctuary.

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Southern Beaches at San Gregorio State Beach Reviews

Gino Guardado

Southern Beaches at San Gregorio State Beach

06/24/19

Easy beautiful beach where and bbq and hangout with friends and family. If you go to the right and walk down to the end of the beach there's a awesome small cave yo walk thought. Kids and Adult will both enjoy.

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