Destinations · California
Morro Bay
CA · 35.3770, -120.8500
San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 is a signed byway within 30 miles of Morro Bay, California.
Get in
Morro Bay is a 15-minute drive from San Luis Obispo, 2½ hours from Fresno or Bakersfield, and 4 hours from Los Angeles or San Francisco.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Morro Bay are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 · inside · national
Public land
Campgrounds
- Cerro Alto Campground · 7 mi
- Hi Mountain Campground · 26 mi
- Turkey Flat OHV Campground/Staging Area/Trailhead · 28 mi
- Friis Campground · 29 mi
Lookouts
- Cayucos Point · 7 mi
- Estero Bay · 8 mi
- Avila Overlook · 18 mi
- Octopus Oak · 19 mi
Named places
- MB · 0 mi
- Lila Keiser Park · 0 mi
- Morro Bay Maritime Museum · 1 mi
- Morro Bay Landing · 1 mi
- Ford Rear Bench · 1 mi
- Sea Otter Nursery · 1 mi
- Landing of the First Filipinos · 1 mi
- Anchor Memorial Park · 1 mi
A day out of Morro Bay, planned on real roads
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Los Osos · 5 mi
- Atascadero · 12 mi
- San Luis Obispo · 13 mi
- Avila Beach · 15 mi
- Pismo Beach · 19 mi
- Paso Robles · 20 mi