From A to Z, the
California beaches and beach cities are
sometimes hard to find if you don't know where to search. This
beaches and cities
alphabetical list of California
offers nearly 1,000 places to see ranging from state
beaches to local coves,
metropolitan cities to small communities.
California is comprised of a
variety of climates and microclimates in deserts, deltas,
mountains and coastal regions, to name a few. Californians like
to joke that they can ski in the mountains, roast in the desert
and sunbathe at the cool, sandy beach within a single day's
play.
These are some reasons BeachCalifornia tackles California's diverse regions
through editorial coverage and photos. Below you can scan the
alpha list for hand reference, or when you know the county your
destination is in, you can go to
California Beaches list by region to find the cities that
surround your favorite place. On that list you'll see gray
hyper-links signifying land vacations and blue links for ocean
and water regions.
California Cities, Beaches, Resorts, Communities and
Towns Alphabetical List:
- # -
17-Mile Drive
- A - Anaheim has
Disneyland and Auburn has a gold mine
Adelanto |
Adm. Wm. Standley State Park
|
Agoura Hills
| Alamitos Bay Beach
| Albion |
Alcatraz
| Aliso Beach |
Almaden
| Alpine |
Alpine
County |
Altadena
| American Canyon |
Anacapa
Island |
Anaheim |
Anchor Bay | Anderson
| Aptos | Arcadia
| Arcata |
Arroyo Grande | Asilomar State Beach
|
Atascadero |
Auburn |
Avalon |
Avila Beach
- B - Beverly Hills is home
to Rodeo Drive, Burbank has Warner Bros. Studios and Big
Bear Lake has skiing
Baker |
Baker Beach |
Bakersfield
|
Balboa Beach
| Balboa Island |
Balboa
Park |
Ballard |
Barstow |
Baywood Park |
Beacon's Beach |
Bell
Gardens
|
Belmont Shore |
Berkeley |
Best Beaches in
California |
Beverly Hills |
Beverly Hills Rodeo Drive |
Big Bar |
Big Basin Redwoods
| Big Bear Lake |
Big Creek |
Big Sur |
Bishop |
Bixby Ranch | Black Point Beach |
Bluebird
Beach |
Boat
Canyon Beach |
Bodega
| Bodega Bay |
Bolsa Chica SB |
Boonville |
Borrego Springs | Brea | Brisbane | Brook's Beach |
Buellton |
Buena Park |
Burbank | Burlingame
|
Burney |
Burnt Ranch
- C - Carlsbad has Legoland, Catalina Island rents golf carts
to drive and Costa Mesa features South Coast Plaza
Cachuma Lake |
Calabasas | Calico
|
Calistoga |
Camarillo |
Cambria |
Capistrano Beach | Capitola |
Cardiff-by-the-Sea |
Carlsbad |
Carmel-by-the-Sea
| Carmel River State Beach
| Carpinteria |
Carson |
Casmalia |
Castroville |
Catalina Island |
Cathedral City |
Cayucos |
Central Coast Map | Channel Islands |
Chico |
Childrens Pool La
Jolla |
China Cove Beach
|
Christmas
Cove Beach |
Chualar |
Chula Vista |
Cloverdale |
Coachella |
Columbia |
Concord |
Copperopolis |
Corning |
Corona |
Corona del Mar | Corona del Mar State Beach
|
Coronado Island |
Corte Madera |
Costa Mesa |
Cotati |
County Line
Beach |
Crescent Bay Beach | Crescent City |
Crystal Cove |
Culver City |
Cupertino
- D - Dana Point has whale
watching and at Del Mar (where the surf meets the sea)
is a famous horse race track
D Street
Beach |
Daly City |
Dana Point | Davenport |
Davis |
Death Valley
| Del Mar |
Del Rey Oaks |
Desert Hot Springs |
Devil's Slide |
Dije Beach
|
Diver's Cove |
Dixon |
Dockweiler Beach |
Dogtown |
Doheny Beach |
Dolphin Bay
|
Duncans Mill |
Dutch Flat
- E -
Encinitas has poinsettia festival and Quail Botanic
Gardens; Eureka is home to the tallest redwood trees
El Capitan |
Elkhorn Slough | Elk |
El Morro | El Segundo|
Encinitas |
Eureka
- F - Fairfield is
home to Jelly Belly free factory tours; Ferndale is a
Victorian village
Fairfield |
Fair Oaks
|
Fallbrook
|
Fawnskin |
Felton |
Fernbridge |
Ferndale |
Fields Landing |
Fort
Funston |
Fort
Rosecrans |
Fort Ross
| Fort Ross Cove Beach |
Fountain Valley |
Fresno |
Fullerton
- G - Garden
Grove's Crystal Cathedral gives tours
Galt |
Garberville |
Garden Grove
| Gaviota |
Gaviota Pass |
Gilbert
Island |
Gilroy |
Glendale |
Glorietta Bay |
Gold
Country |
Goleta |
Goff Cove Beach
| Gorda Springs |
Grand View Beach | Grass Valley |
Greyhound
Rock |
Grover Beach | Guadalupe |
Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes |
Gualala |
Guerneville
- H -
Half Moon Bay has Mavericks Big
Wave Surfing; Hollywood is a top tourist attraction with
studio tours
Half Moon Bay |
Henry Cowell Redwoods |
Hermosa Beach |
Hesperia |
Hillsborough |
Hollywood |
Humboldt County |
Huntington Beach
- I - Idyllwild is a mountain
resort; Imperial Beach is near the Mexico border and
Irvine is one of the smartest cities
Idyllwild
| Imperial Beach |
Indio |
Indio Date Festival | Inglewood |
Irvine |
Irvine Cove
Beach |
Isla Vista Beach
- J - Johnsons Beach on the Russian River in Guerneville is a time warp
Johnsons Beach
- K -
- L - MTV loves Laguna Beach while
Long Beach and Los Angeles offer cruise ships, ports and
tons of boats
La Conchita |
Lafayette |
Laguna Beach |
Laguna Niguel |
La Jolla |
Lake Forest |
Lathrop |
La Selva
Beach |
Las Flores View Pt.
|
Lee Vining (Mono
Lake) |
Leo Carillo State Beach |
Leucadia |
Lido
Island |
Limekiln-SP
| Links Page |
Little
Balboa Island |
Little River
|
Lodi |
Loleta |
Lompoc |
Long Beach |
Loomis |
Los Alamitos |
Los Alamos |
Los Angeles |
Los Olivos |
Los Osos |
Lost Coast | Lover's Point
Beach | Lucia
- M - Malibu and Manhattan are two
L.A. beach destinations, Monterey features the best
aquarium on the West Coast
MacKerricher State Park |
Main Beach |
Malibu |
Mammoth Lakes |
Mammoth Lakes Snowmobiling
| Manhattan Beach |
Mare Island |
Marina |
Marina del Rey |
Mariner's Mile |
Marshall |
McKinleyville
| Mendocino |
Mendocino Headlands
State Park |
Menlo Park |
Mill Valley |
Miramar Beach |
Mission Beach |
Mission Viejo | Monastery
Beach |
Monrovia
| Monterey |
Monte Rio |
Moonlight Beach |
Moonstone Beach
| Morgan Hill | Morongo
Valley |
Morro Bay |
Moss Beach |
Moss Landing |
Moss Point Beach
|
Mother's
Beach -Long Beach |
Mother's
Beach - Marina del Rey | Mountain Road Beach |
Mountain View |
Murphys |
Mussel Shoals
- N - Napa Wine Country is tasty
while Newport Beach is The OC, a trend-setting beach
mecca
Napa |
Naples |
Natural Bridges |
Nepenthe |
Nevada City |
New Brighton
|
Newcastle |
Newport Beach |
Newport Beach Jetty
|
Nipomo |
Norwalk
- O - Oakland's Jack London Square hosts a great farmer's market while
Oxnard has boat trips to Channel Islands
Oakland |
Oak Street Beach |
O'Brien |
Ocean Beach SD |
Ocean
Beach SF |
Oceano |
Oceanside |
Ojai |
Olde
Port Beach |
Opal Cliffs
|
Ophir |
Orange |
Orange County |
Orange County
Beaches| Orange County
Maps|
Orcutt |
Orinda | Ormond
Beach | Oso Flaco |
Oxnard
- P - Palm Springs has golf
courses and casinos, Pebble Beach - 17 mile drive and
Pismo Beach - hotels on the sand
Pacifica |
Pacific Beach |
Pacific Grove |
Pacific Palisades|
Palm Springs |
Palm Desert |
Palo Alto
| Palos Verdes Estates |
Paradise Cove | Pasadena |
Paso Robles |
Pearl Street
Beach |
Pebble Beach |
Pebble Beach - Sonoma
|
Penryn
|
Perris
| Pescadero Beach |
Petaluma |
Picnic Beach
| Piedras Blancas | Pigeon Point |
Pillar Point
| Pirate's Cove -Avila |
Pirate's Cove
-Newport |
Pismo Beach
| Pixley | Placentia
|
Placerville |
Playa del Rey |
Poche Beach
|
Point Arena | Point Dume State Beach |
Point Fermin |
Point Loma |
Point Lobos |
Point Mugu |
Point Piedras Blancas |
Point Pinos |
Point Reyes Station |
Point Sur |
Pomponio Beach|
Pomona |
Port Hueneme |
Port San Luis |
Privates Beach
- R -
Redondo, Rincon and Rockaway all feature surfing while
Rodeo Drive has shopping
Ragged Point |
Rancho Mirage |
Rancho Palos Verdes |
Redcrest |
Redding |
Redondo Beach |
Redwood City |
Redwood City Dining |
Rincon Beach |
Riverside |
Rockaway Beach |
Rodeo Drive |
Roseville
| Rossmoor |
Running
Springs |
Russian Gulch
|
Rutherford
- S -
Sacramento is the California State Capitol, San Jose is Silicon Valley and San Diego is CA's
2nd largest city
Sacramento |
Salinas | Salt Creek Beach |
Samoa |
San Bernardino | San Carlos| San Clemente |
San
Clemente Island |
San Diego |
San Diego Beaches | San Elijo SB |
San Francisco
| San Jose |
San Juan Bautista |
San Juan Capistrano | San Luis Obispo | San Mateo County |
San Marcos
Pass | San Marino
|
San Mateo |
San Miguel
|
San Miguel Island
|
San Nicolas Island |
San Pedro |
San Rafael |
San Simeon |
Sand City
|
Sand Hill Bluff |
Santa Ana |
Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara County |
Santa Barbara Island
|
Santa Clara |
Santa Cruz |
Santa Cruz Island |
Santa Maria |
Santa Monica |
Santa Rosa |
Santa Rosa Island |
Santa Ynez |
Sausalito |
Scotts Valley |
Seabright Beach |
Seacliff State Beach |
Seal Beach |
Sea Ranch |
Seascape |
Seaside |
Sebastopol | Shasta | Shasta
Lake | Shaw's
Cove | Shell Beach |
Sherman Oaks |
Signal
Hill |
Silver Lake |
Silver Strand |
Simi Valley |
Sleepy Hollow
Beach |
Solana Beach | Soledad |
Solvang |
Sonoma |
Sonora
|
Southern
California Beaches |
South Lake Tahoe |
South San Francisco |
St. Ann's
Street Beach |
St. Helena |
Stanford |
Stockton
| Summerland |
Sunnyvale |
Sunset Beach |
Surf Beach |
Surfside |
Swami's Beach |
Sycamore Cove Beach
- T -
Temecula means wine tasting & casinos, Tomales is a bay
for hikes and The Wedge & Tourmaline are surf crazy
Temecula |
Templeton |
Thalia Street
Beach |
The Wedge |
Thousand Oaks |
Tiburon |
Tomales |
Torrance |
Torrance Beach |
Tourmaline Beach |
Trabuco Canyon |
Treasure
Island Beach |
Tuolumne |
Twentynine Palms |
Two Harbors
- U - Universal City is the home
of Universal Studios Hollywood, a theme park with studio
tours, dining, shops
Universal City
- V -
Vacaville has nuts, Vandenberg missiles, Venice has
Muscle Beach and Ventura offers superb cuisine
Vacaville |
Vallejo |
Valley Wells |
Vandenberg Base | Venice Beach |
Venidita Beach
| Ventura |
Victoria
Beach |
Victorville
- W - West Hollywood is the Wild
Hollywood night club scene, Westminster has Little
Saigon
Waddell
Beach |
Walnut Creek | Watts |
Weaverville |
Weott | West Hollywood
| Westlake Village |
Westley |
Westminster | Westside LA
| Whale Rock Reservoir | Whiskeytown |
Whittier |
Williams |
Willits |
Wilmington |
Windansea Beach |
Windsor |
Winters |
Woodley Island
|
Wood's Cove
Beach |
Woodside
- Y - Yermo has Calico Ghost Town
attraction, Yosemite mountains feature Christmas
Bracebridge Dinners
Yermo |
Yorba Linda |
Yosemite National
Park | Yosemite
National Park Hotels | Yountville |
Yuba County
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