Capistrano Beach, California Travel Information

A Whale-Watching Adventure: Dana Point Midway between San Diego and Los Angeles is Dana Point, a little jewel of a harbor that’s one of the loveliest in Southern California. The community has a seafaring tradition that dates back to the ea... Dana Point, CA

Laguna Beach In the heart of an area stretching from Corona Del Mar to Dana Point known as the “California Riviera,” Laguna Beach is a spotless little town with nothing faintly resembling a slum or anything less t... Laguna Beach, CA

Laguna Beach / Dana Point / San Juan Capistrano: Swallows and Sunshine This two-day seaside jaunt takes you to Southern California’s most popular artists’ enclave. In this small, friendly oceanside village, you’ll visit galleries and a museum, enjoy superb water sports a... San Juan Capistrano, CA

Laguna Beach: An Affair with Art As quick escapes go, the art colony of Laguna Beach is one of the best, boasting inspiration everywhere you look. In the early 1900s the plein air artists, who painted in the style of French Impressio... Laguna Beach, CA

Los Angeles South Coast It isn’t easy saying good-bye to Catalina Island, but take heart. Southern California has another small island to offer in a slightly different package. If you have ever bitten into the incredibly cre... San Juan Capistrano, CA

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Doheny (Distance: 0.4 mi) Located on the south side of the Dana Point Harbor, Doheny State Beach will only take southern swells and produces a very gentle, crumbling wave that breaks slowly and collapses before reaching the sh...

San Juan Capistrano, CA - Surfing - length:unknown

Doheny State Beach - Doheny Trail (Distance: 1.1 mi) This hike begins just north of Dana Harbor at Doheny State Beach, a good place for family-style swimming and boogie-boarding because the harbor jetties gentle the surf here. Doheny attracts a lot of h...

Dana Point, CA - Hiking - length:10 mi

Dana Point Headlands (Distance: 1.3 mi) The sea cliffs at Dana Point are revered by historians as the site where Spanish vaqueros threw hides over the cliffs and down to waiting ships as described in Richard Henry Dana’s Two Years Before th...

San Clemente, CA - Hiking - length:1.4 mi

Heritage Park (Distance: 1.3 mi) Heritage Park is a six-acre grassland with rolling hills and paved, sinuous paths on the 120-foot marine terrace above Dana Point Harbor. Throughout the park are panoramic ocean vistas extending acros...

Dana Point, CA - Hiking - length:0.8 mi

Dana Point - Bluff Top Trail (Distance: 1.6 mi) This walk’s destination is a bronze statue of a hide drogher, captured in mid-toss. Very old dictionaries define “drogher” as the small vessel transporting goods from ship to shore and vice versa. App...

Dana Point, CA - Hiking - length:1 mi

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Shorecliffs Shorecliffs Golf Course Public, 18 holes 6140 yards, par 71 1.7 miles from center of Capistrano Beach, California

Monarch Beach Monarch Beach Golf Links Public, 18 holes 6344 yards, par 70 2.7 miles from center of Capistrano Beach, California

San Juan Hills San Juan Hills Country Club Public, 18 holes 6306 yards, par 71 3.0 miles from center of Capistrano Beach, California

Marbella Marbella Golf & Country Club Private Non-Equity, 18 holes 6558 yards, par 70 3.4 miles from center of Capistrano Beach, California

Talega Talega Golf Club Public, 18 holes 6951 yards, par 72 4.3 miles from center of Capistrano Beach, California

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