Activities
Things to Do
Enjoy many local attractions and businesses located near Morro Bay, California
The Anchor Inn is conveniently located within walking distance of Morro Strand State Beach and Morro Rock State Preserve. This Morro Bay CA Hotel is just minutes from area attractions like Hearst Castle, Mission Plaza and Morro Bay State Park. The Anchor Inn is also close to several golf courses and many local wineries. The Black Hills Golf Course is one mile and deep sea fishing cruises are within walking distance.
- Deep-Sea Fishing
- Tiger's Folly Cruise
- Morro Strand Beach
- Blackhills Golf Course
- Morro Bay State Park
- Museum of Natural History
- Montana de Oro Beach Park (Mountain of Gold due to the abundant California Poppies in the spring)
- Mission Plaza
- Central Coast Plaza
- Hearst Castle
- San Luis Obispo Co. Fair
- Wineries
- Lake Nacimiento
- Lopez Lake
Cayucos State Beach
It is known for its fishing pier, beautiful beach and historical
buildings. Many of the buildings left over from the prospering old town
still stand as a variety of shops such as restaurants, antique stores,
and speciality items. The sandy beach offers mild weather, water sports
such as surfing and swimming, and tidepooling. Lifeguards are on duty
during peak summer months. They also have a couple picnic tables, play
equipment, restrooms, and outside showers. The pier is lit for night
fishing which does not require a fishing license while on the pier
Los Osos Oaks State Reserve
This Reserve features ancient sand dunes covered with centuries-old
coast live oak trees. According to botanists, five major plant
communities thrive within the reserve. They are coastal sage scrub,
central coastal scrub, dune oak scrub, coast live oak forest, and
riparian (streamside). The oak communities exist close to each other,
but each has its own character. The oak scrub has dwarf oak trees
growing on the ancient (relict) sand dune. Though they are coast live
oak trees, they rarely grow more than six to eight feet tall.
Montana de Oro State Park
http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/mntdeoro.html
This
unit of the park system faces the ocean just south of Morro Bay. Its
wave swept, 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 a 100
miles of the coastline from Point Sal in the South to Piedras Blancas in
the north.
California live oak and Bishop pine occur in the chaparral covered hills, and there are willows, big-leaf maple, box elder, myrtle and black cottonwood trees in the stream-cut canyons. Trails have been developed throughout this uplifted area and hikers are welcome to explore all parts of the park. Motor vehicles must remain on the paved roads.
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 this area - Montana de Oro or Mountain of Gold.
A unique feature of Montana de Oro State Park is the long sandspit that separates Morro Bay from the ocean. Made up of successive rows of sand dunes, some of which reach 85 feet in height, the sandspit can currently be reached by boat or by way of the access road approximately one mile inside the entrance to the park. Due to its remoteness, the sandspit is an excellent place for beach combing, surf fishing, bird watching, and other daytime activities. Camping is not permitted.
Morro Strand State Beach
This beach is a coastal frontage park featuring outstanding picnic
sites. A three-mile stretch of beach connects the southern and northern
entrances. Fishing, horseback riding, windsurfing, jogging, and kite flying
are popular.
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