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The sandy beach environment supports uses of swimming and surfing. [2] Prehistorically this general area of the central coast was inhabited by the Chumash people , who settled the coastal San Luis Obispo area approximately 10,000 to 11,000 BCE , including a large village to the south of Cayucos at Morro Creek . [ 3 ]
Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beach is a state beach of California, located in northern Malibu, Southern California. [ 1 ] The park is part of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area .
Coyote Buttes is a section of the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). It spans extreme south-central Utah and north-central Arizona, south of US 89 halfway between Kanab, Utah and Page, Arizona. It is divided into two areas: Coyote Buttes North and Coyote Buttes South. A hiking permit is ...
The Wave formation in Coyote Buttes. Hiking is the most common recreational activity in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, followed by camping, photography, and canyoneering. Hikes through Paria Canyon are popular. The White House Trailhead is the main entrance and, therefore, more popular than the other trailheads in the Wilderness.
The water in the vicinity of Asilomar State Beach is known for rip tides and unpredictable surf. The water is cold compared to other beaches in the Monterey area, due to its exposure to the open ocean and the upwelling of cold water from nearby Monterey Canyon , which funnels the icy water right to shore at this location.
In 2003, the state of California spent about $3 million to buy 1,800 acres on the north side of the buttes, including an idyllic stretch of emerald called "Peace Valley."
View of beach with Torrey Pines State Park in the background.. The beach area supports a number of avifaunal (bird) species in addition to the marine biota. Soledad Valley, which includes the notable coastal marsh, Los Peñasquitos Lagoon, [1] is cut by a coastal stream which discharges into the Pacific Ocean at Torrey Pines State Beach.
Point Sal State Beach is a beach on the Pacific coast of California, located near the city of Guadalupe, in the northwestern part of Santa Barbara County. There are approximately 80 acres (320,000 m 2 ) of property with 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of ocean frontage.