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Pacific Coast Highway Stops
Pacific Coast Highway stops range from remote beaches and pretty little towns to the big city vacation destinations of Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego. You might want to choose one of these airports as your gateway to make a fly-drive holiday along the west coast, taking in as much of Washington, Oregon, and California as time allows.
For the basic information about driving the highway,
take a look at our main driving page.
But if you want to avoid big city traffic and busy places, don't worry. There are lots of beautiful small towns where you can make overnight stays. You could spend every night of your west coast vacation watching the sun set in the Pacific Ocean, and drive quickly by the big cities without stopping.
If you want to get an idea of what to expect from the Oregon coast, take a look at the great images on the
Photograph Oregon website.
Also have a read of this blog of
Things to Do on the Oregon Coast
from our friends at Just Go Travel Studios.
Here are links to further information for some of the main stops along the Pacific Coast Highway, in alphabetical order with Washington first, then Oregon, and finally California. Unless otherwise indicated, the link takes you to our own page about the place.
Pacific Coast Highway Stops in Washington
Hoquiam:
City of Hoquiam Official Website
Pacific Coast Highway Stops in Oregon
Coos Bay/North Bend/Charleston:
Oregon's Adventure Coast
Lincoln City:
Lincoln City Official Website
Newport:
Newport Official City Website
Pacific City:
Pacific City Chamber of Commerce
Port Orford:
Useful Visitor Information Website
Reedsport/Winchester Bay:
Chamber of Commerce
Seaside:
Seaside Visitors' Bureau
Yachats:
Yachats Chamber of Commerce
Pacific Coast Highway Stops in California
Balboa Island:
Official Balboa Island website
Coronado:
City of Coronado Official Website
Del Mar:
Official City of Del Mar Visitors Website
Eureka:
City of Eureka Official Website
Fort Bragg:
Official Fort Bragg City Website
Half Moon Bay:
City of Half Moon Bay Official Website
Long Beach:
Long Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
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Oceanside
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Oceanside is a typical southern California beach town with a surf culture and with the Pacific Coast Highway running right through it.
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California's Pacific Coast Highway is falling into the ocean. Is this the end of the road for one of America's most scenic drives?
Mar 03, 21 10:50 AM
Soaring mountains on one side of the road and the Pacific Ocean on the other: It was 1956 and Gary Griggs was experiencing California State Route 1 for the first time. He was a child, but in the follo…
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Climate change threatens fragile Pacific Coast Highway
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Construction crews work on a section of California Highway 1, known as the Pacific Coast Highway, which collapsed into the Pacific Ocean near Big Sur, Calif. on Jan. 31, 2021. Heavy rains caused debri…
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