Campground
Sunset State Beach
Watsonville, California
Pine-backed dunes and a wide beach on Monterey Bay with a state campground, quieter than Santa Cruz.
- Price
- $10 day use
- Booking
- Best to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
Sunset has tall dunes, pine trees and oceanside picnic spots with views across Monterey Bay, and it is a nesting area for western snowy plovers. There are tent, RV, group and hike-and-bike sites. It is a calm base for exploring Moss Landing and Elkhorn Slough to the south.
Good to know
- Day use is $10 per vehicle
- Dogs are allowed in the campground on a 6-foot leash but not on the beach
- Stay out of marked plover nesting areas
- Reserve camping on ReserveCalifornia; weekends fill up
- Best time
- Late afternoon for sunset
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Sealed roads; take San Andreas Road off Highway 1
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
Facilities
- Picnic tables
- Showers
- Toilets
- Drinking water
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