Montana Del Oro State Park

PARK: Montana Del Oro State Park
LOCATION: The park is six miles southwest of Morro Bay and seven miles south of Los Osos on Pecho Road.
SIZE: 8,000 acres
NATURAL SETTING: The park includes more than 8,000 acres, is largely undeveloped, and features a wide range of wildlife including rabbits, squirrels, skunks, raccoons, badgers, deer, fox, bobcats, coyote, and even an occasional mountain lion. There are also many kinds of birds, and in the spring and early summer a brilliant display of wildflowers. It was the predominantly yellow color of these flowers that inspired the naming of the area - Montana de Oro or Mountain of Gold.
AMENITIES: Fifty campsites are situated along the south side of the creek behind the Ranch House. The sites are suitable for tents, trailers, or motor homes up to 24 feet in length. Only toilets are provided and to get away from the main area you can go to the walk-in environmental campsites, which are more secluded and perhaps more peaceful.  
WHAT TO EXPECT: Its seven-mile long shoreline is made up of sandy beaches along the sand spit to the north, and rugged cliffs and headlands to the south. The central and southern part of the park features a number of small coves with sandy beaches, the most prominent and accessible of which is Spooner's Cove. Inland from the shoreline is an ancient wave-cut terrace that was long ago uplifted from the cutting edge of the surf and now appears as a grass covered coastal plain. The plain sweeps back from the ocean and then curves up sharply upward to 1,500 foot high hills including Valencia Peak from which one can overlook nearly 100 miles of the coastline from Point Sal in the South to Piedras Blancas in the north.
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: This surf-laden state park has a great diversity of beaches and waves for all surfers and beach lovers. The unique sandspit makes for an amazing experience and is worth all the effort to get there.