Bean Hollow Pebble Beach
Photo: Doug Dolde aka Doug Dolde at en.wikipedia · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
🏖️ Beach · Pescadero
1.5 hours · Free · No reservation needed
- 🚗About 60 min driveFrom Sunnyvale · Parking: Small free lot by the road
- 🎒Carrier recommendedTerrain isn't stroller-friendly; a carrier is easier
- 🌳Little shadeGreat on sunny days · Wind-OK
- ⏱️Typical visit: 1.5 hoursBest seasons: Fall · Spring · Summer
A little beach with no sand, just colorful pebbles; at low tide the tide pools hold anemones and hermit crabs, and the honeycomb tafoni rock along the shore looks like an alien landscape.
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Pescadero, California
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