Beaches in California
Where the road meets the water. Only named beaches are listed — most of what OpenStreetMap maps as sand has no name, and an unnamed shore is not a destination.
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466 beaches are published in California. The list below holds the 234 best-documented.
- Rodeo Beach
- Pfeiffer Beach
- Keller Beach
- Toll Plaza Beach
- Cabrillo Beach
- Albany Beach
- Leadbetter Beach
- Lighthouse Field State Beach
- Stinson Beach
- Island Beach
- Aeneas Beach
- San Carlos Beach
- Carmel Beach
- Moss Beach
- Wilder Beach
- Cowell Beach
- Morro Strand State Beach
- Seabright Beach
- North Moss Beach
- Carmel Beach
- Moran Lake Beach
- McAbee Beach
- Phillip Burton Memorial Beach
- Martins Beach
- Potbelly Beach
- Navy Beach
- Escondido Beach
- El Pescador Beach
- La Piedra Beach
- Point Reyes Beach
- Wipeout Beach
- Little River State Beach
- Sunset State Beach
- Kelham Beach
- Wildcat Beach
- Huntington City Beach
- Jetty Beach
- Monastery Beach
- Marine Street Beach
- Capitola Beach
- Danburg Beach
- Santa Maria Beach
- Puerco Beach
- Hidden Beach
- Brazil Beach
- Sand Dollar Beach
- Potbelly Beach
- Del Monte Beach
- Monterey State Beach
- Saint Malo Beach
- Manhattan Beach
- Fan Shell Beach
- Arch Beach
- La Jolla Shores Beach
- Perles Beach
- La Costa Beach
- Driftwood Beach
- Hollywood Beach
- Elmar Beach
- Rincon beach
- Pelican State Beach
- Hooper Beach
- El Granada Beach
- Alan Sieroty Beach
- Four Mile Beach
- Indian Beach
- Goat Rock Beach
- Naples Beach
- Venice Beach
- Sand Beach
- Perris Beach
- Reedley Beach
- Windansea Beach
- South Oceanside Beach
- Coronado Beach
- Topanga County Beach
- Mateo Coast State Beaches
- Central Beach
- North Beach
- Miramar Beach
- Gibson Beach
- Castle Rock Beach
- County Line Beach
- Carbon Beach
- Kehoe Beach
- Torrey Pines City Beach
- Sandy Beach
- Bolsa Chica State Beach
- Boomer Beach
- Agate Beach
- Vallejo Beach
- Palomarin Beach
- San Gregorio Beach
- Weston Beach
- Drakes Beach
- Radio Beach
- Rio Del Mar Beach
- West Beach
- Shell Beach
- Tomales Beach
- Sand Springs Beach
- Rockaway Beach
- Twin Lakes Beach
- Ormond Beach
- North Star Beach
- Muir Beach
- Crown Point Shores
- Sunshine Beach
- Playa San Juan Leighton
- Jenner Beach
- Marshall's Beach
- Clam Beach
- Teachers Beach
- South Beach
- Big Rock Beach
- Quarry Beach
- Moreno Beach
- Coronado Shores Beach
- Cove Beach
- Pebble Beach
- Encinal Beach
- Palisades Beach
- East Beach
- Redondo Beach
- Yerba Buena Beach
- Limantour Beach
- Arroyo De Los Frijoles Beach
- Sculptured Beach
- Wreck Beach
- Poche Beach
- Sandy Cove Beach
- Christi Beach
- North Beach
- China Cove Beach
- Dunes Beach
- Amarillo Beach
- San Pedro Beach
- Tunitas Beach
- Poplar Beach
- Oceanside City Beach
- Francis Beach
- La Jolla Beach
- Sandy Beach
- Esplanade Park Beach
- Sandy Beach
- Royal Palms County Beach
- Mateo Coast State Beaches
- Oak Bottom Beach
- El Portal
- Kellogg Road Beach
- Rincon Beach
- Hamiltair Cove Beach
- Breakers Beach
- Long Beach City Beach
- Monte Rio Community Beach
- Silver Strand State Beach
- Pope Beach
- Schoonmaker Beach
- Lakeside Beach
- Three Mile Beach
- Olde Port Beach
- Laurel Beach
- Bombay BeachBuilt 01/19/1981
- Moonstone Beach
- Blind Beach
- Mattole Beach
- Pescadero Beach
- Devils Slide Beach
- Secline Beach
- Trestle Beach
- Waddell Beach (County of Santa Cruz)
- Chicken Ranch Beach
- Sneaker Beach
- Hope Ranch Private Beach
- Mandalay Beach
- Mokelumne Beach
- Santa Maria's Beach
- Balboa Beach
- Swede's Beach
- Halfmoon Beach
- Pine Island Beach
- Brown's Beach
- Benson Lake Beach
- Ten Mile Beach
- Trinidad State Beach
- Betz Beach
- Catfish Beach
- Point Molate Beach
- Cocklebur Beach
- North Beach
- Wages Creek Beach
- La Conchita Beach
- Salton Beach
- Lake Anza Beach
- Seaside Beach
- Patton Beach
- Hendrys Beach
- Minuteman Beach
- Fish Rock Beach
- South Beach
- More Mesa Beach
- Beer Can Beach
- Wall Beach
- Newport Beach
- Summerland Beach Cove
- Point Sal Beach
- Schooner Gulch State Beach
- Leo Carrillo State Beach
- Redondo Beach State Park
- Gallatin Beach
- Church
- Seal Beach
- China Cove Beach
- Pebble Beach
- Lester Beach
- El Dorado Beach
- Carpinteria Seal Sanctuary
- Collins Lake Beach
- Sandy Beach
- Dutch Bill Beach
- Oil Piers Beach
- Gold Bluffs Beach
- Lake Arrowhead Village Lakefront
- Kiva Beach
- SDSU Beach
- Jones Beach
- Johnson's Beach
- Sea View Beach
- Lake Temescal Beach
- Wilson Creek Beach
- Healdsburg Veterans Memorial Beach
- Bowling Ball Beach
- Clam Beach
- Carmel River State Beach