Montana De Oro State Park - Spooners Cove Beach

Located in the city of San Luis Obispo, Montana de Oro State Park - Spooner's Cove Beach is a half-mile long, wide, and pebbly beach that is a part of a state park named Montana de Oro State Park. Montana de Oro State Park - Spooner’s Cove Beach is situated at the mouth of Islay Creek across Islay Creek Campground which is the only campground in the park.  Montana de Oro State Park - Spooner's Cove Beach is an awesome destination for photography as it has many unique and beautiful rock formations. 

Montana de Oro State Park - Spooner's Cove Beach welcomes dogs on leash and offers many amenities including restrooms, picnic tables, caves, rock arches, tide pools, and a free campground. If you are looking for additional amenities, Montana de Oro State Park - Spooner's Cove Beach is surrounded by lots of trails among which some of accessible to mountain bikers and horseback riders as well. 

There are many fun activities at Montana de Oro State Park - Spooner's Cove Beach including fishing, camping, hiking, photography, and tide pooling.

Getting to Montana de Oro State Park - Spooner's Cove Beach is very easy – the beach is situated at 3550 Pecho Valley Road where you will find the entrance to a free parking lot called Spooner’s Cove day-use parking area on your right. You can walk a few minutes from the parking lot to the beach.

If you are looking for nearby attractions, there are many within a 35-minute drive of Montana de Oro State Park - Spooner's Cove Beach. The beachside Mustang Waterpark has an incredible stampede ride, two 600-foot-long waterslides, kiddie pools, three mini-slides, and bikes and karts.  Monarch Butterfly Grove is a nature preserve center and home to thousands of monarch butterflies that visitors can see starting from late October to February. If you like photography, Swinging Bridge is a beautiful 171-feet-long bridge suspended 40-feet over Arroyo Grande Creek and is a great spot to take Instagram-worthy pictures. Another great attraction near Montana de Oro State Park - Spooner’s Cove Beach is Price Historical Park, a four-acre landmark that incorporates history from the Chumash tribe.

If you get hungry, you can drive 18 minutes to many restaurants near Montana de Oro State Park - Spooner's Cove Beach. The vegetarian-friendly restaurant Mason Bar & Kitchen was mentioned in "Highway 101: The Best Roadside Eats" by The Mercury News. If you like Mediterranean food, Jaffa Café serves shawarmas, kebabs, wraps, and gyros. Another great restaurant near Montana de Oro State Park - Spooner's Cove Beach is Village Café, a breakfast restaurant featuring pancakes, omelets, sandwiches, tacos, burgers, and homemade pies.

If you are looking for a hotel near Montana de Oro State Park - Spooner's Cove Beach, you can drive 40 minutes to the upscale 4-Star hotel The Casitas of Arroyo Grande, a Spanish-styled hotel that is spread across 7 acres and has a nice pool and courtyard with fountains. The Agrarian Hotel, Bw Signature Collection is a 3-Star pet-friendly hotel offering a pool, spa, and fitness center. If you are looking for an affordable hotel near Montana de Oro State Park - Spooner's Cove Beach, the 2-Star Beachway Inn Motel features a water park, restaurant, golf course, and hiking, fishing, and horseback riding tours.