15 California Beaches That Show the Coast’s Many Sides
Santa Monica State Beach | Los Angeles County
Santa Monica offers the opposite of a hidden cove: a generous urban shoreline with a pier that remains visible across a broad field of sand. Its cycle and pedestrian paths turn a beach visit into part of the city’s everyday movement. The familiar amusement-park silhouette is most interesting when the wet sand begins reflecting it back.
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