9 Beautiful Beaches Within a 3-Hour Drive of San Francisco

UpOut SF
2 min readApr 1, 2016

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By Jenna Homen

With Memorial Day Weekend right around the corner, it’s the perfect time to get out there and appreciate good ol’ fashioned California beauty. These beaches are all under a 3 hour drive from SF, which is arguably the perfect amount of time before the drive gets too long. In fact, most of these beauties are under an hour drive for those favoring quicker trip! Now go have some fun.

1. San Gregorio State Beach

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2. Fitzgerald Marine Reserve

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3. Gray Whale Cove State Beach

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4. Pomponio State Beach

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5. Pescadero State Beach

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6. Rodeo Beach

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7. McWay Cove at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park

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8. Natural Bridges

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9. Carmel Beach

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Not too shabby, huh?

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