California Cities and Beaches Alphabetical List

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California Cities & Beaches Beach California Alphabetical List helps you visit spectacular destinations, stay at luxury or affordable accommodations and plan a trip that you won't forget. California is one of the top destinations for travel and with good reason. Features included pertain to wineries, light houses, shopping, dining, sports and more. We've included great trip ideas and Weekend Getaways plus pictures we've taken of hotel rooms in a special section with reviews.

California is situated on the West Coast of the United States between Mexico (south) and Oregon (north). It's western border fronts the Pacific Ocean and its eastern border touches states Nevada, and Arizona. Attributes of this most populated state in US include the lowest and highest natural landforms in the US, the hottest place in the US, the tallest, oldest trees in the world, and many interesting artifacts left from millions of years of global change. Southern California offers the warmest year-round climate in cities such as San Diego and Los Angeles. The further north you travel along the coast, the cooler the climate. California is served by major airports in Los Angeles, San Jose and San Francisco and also Burbank, Long Beach, Oakland, Ontario, Orange County, San Diego and Sacramento.

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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.

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17-Mile Drive
- A - Anaheim has Disneyland and Auburn has a gold mine
Adelanto | 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 |Bakersfield | Balboa Beach | Balboa Island | Balboa Park | Ballard | Barstow | Baywood Park | Beacon's Beach | Belmont Shore | Berkeley | Best Beaches in California | Beverly Hills | Big Bar | Big Basin Redwoods | Big Bear Lake | Big Creek | Big Sur | Bixby Ranch |Black Point Beach | Bluebird Beach | Boat Canyon Beach | Bodega |Bodega Bay | Bolsa Chica SB | Boonville | Borrego Springs |Brisbane |Brook's Beach | Buellton | Buena Park | Burbank |Burlingame | Burney | Burnt Ranch

- C - Carlsbard 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 | Cayucos | Central Coast Map | Channel Islands | Chico | Childrens Pool La Jolla | China Cove Beach | Christmas Cove Beach | Chualar | Chula Vista | Cloverdale | 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

- 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 | Dana Point | Davenport | Davis | Death Valley | Del Mar | Del Rey Oaks | 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 | Fawnskin | Felton | Fernbridge | Ferndale | Fields Landing | Fort Rosecrans | Fort Ross |Fort Ross Cove Beach | Fountain Valley | 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 |Inglewood | Irvine | Irvine Cove Beach | Isla Vista Beach
- J -
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
Main Beach | Malibu | Mammoth Lakes | Manhattan Beach | Mare Island | Marina | Marina del Rey | Mariner's Mile | Marshall | McKinleyville | Mendocino | Mendocino Headlands State Park |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 | 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 | 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 | Oceano | Oceanside |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 | 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 | 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 Cordova | Rancho Palos Verdes | Rancho Santa Fe |Redcrest | Redding | Redondo Beach |Redwood City | Reseda | Rincon Beach | Rio del Mar | Riverside | Rockaway Beach | Rockpile Beach | Rocky Point | Rodeo Drive | Roseville | Rossmoor | Royal Palms Beach | Running Springs | 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 | Sand City | Sand Hill Bluff | San Diego | San Diego Beaches | San Elijo SB | San Francisco | San Jose | San Juan Capistrano | San Luis Obispo |San Mateo County | San Marcos Pass | San Marino | San Miguel | San Miguel Island | San Nicolas Island | San Pedro | San Simeon | Santa Ana | Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara County | Santa Barbara Island | 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 | Sleepy Hollow Beach | Solana Beach | Soledad | Solvang | Sonoma | Southern California Beaches | South Lake Tahoe | South San Francisco | St. Ann's Street Beach | Stanford | Stockton | Summerland | 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 | Tomales | Torrance Beach | Tourmaline Beach | Trabuco Canyon | Treasure Island Beach | 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 | Whale Rock Reservoir | Whiskeytown | Williams | Willits | Wilmington | Windansea Beach | 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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