Beaches

There are numerous scenic beaches within a couple hours of the Bay Area, many of which I have described on this blog. The following is a list of over fifty of the best beaches (in my opinion, non-exhaustive list) from north to south categorized by county.
Sonoma:
  1. Salt Point   
  2. Goat Rock 
  3. Furlong
  4. Shell
  5. Sonoma Coast various others 
  6. Salmon Creek/Bodega 
Marin:
  1. McClures 
  2. Kehoe 
  3. Tomales Bay State Park 
  4. Point Reyes Beach – aka Great Beach
  5. Drakes
  6. Limantour
  7. Santa Maria 
  8. Secret 
  9. Sculptured
  10. Kelham 
  11. Wildcat 
  12. Palomarin
  13. Stinson
  14. Muir
  15. Tennessee
  16. Rodeo
  17. Kirby Cove
San Francisco:
  1. Marshall
  2. Baker
  3. China 
San Mateo:
  1. Gray Whale Cove  
  2. Montara 
  3. Cowell Ranch
  4. San Gregorio 
  5. Pomponio
  6. Pescadero 
  7. Bean Hollow
  8. Pigeon Point
  9. Gazos
  10. Ano Nuevo 
Santa Cruz:
  1. Waddell
  2. Grayhound Rock
  3. Scott Creek
  4. Davenport
  5. Shark Tooth
  6. Bonny Doon
  7. Panther & Hole in the Wall
  8. Wilder Ranch/Ohlone Bluffs
  9. Natural Bridges
Monterey:
  1. Asilomar
  2. Carmel River
  3. Monastery 
  4. Garrapata 
  5. Andrew Molera 
  6. Pfieffer 
  7. McWay Falls
  8. Sand Dollar

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