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Crystal Cove State Park

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“Crystal Cove State Park” PlanetWare.com
“Rediscover SoCal with these 5 weekend escapes” Los Angeles Times (free registration required)
“Chillin' at the cove” Los Angeles Times (free registration required)
“Four weekend ideas to get you in the summertime mood” Los Angeles Times (free registration required)
“36 Hours:” New York Times (free registration required)
“California dreamin'” Canada.com
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 15 attractions in Laguna Beach
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Attraction type: State park, Beach
Address: 8471 Pacific Coast Highway Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Tel: 949-494-3539

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( 1-4 of 4 )
“Beautiful Beach”
5 of 5 stars
joeanddebbiel
Mesa, Arizona
Jun 23, 2008

My husband, 15 year old granddaughter, and I spent a day here in June. The parking lot is across the highway, but there is a walking path (downhill on the way to the beach) or a shuttle for $1.00 per person each way. The beach was clean and seemed to attract a wide age range, but primarily families. There are... more

“nice,quiet cove”
4 of 5 stars
happytotrip
lasvegas
Jun 17, 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

there in august 2007, was a nice cove with old beach houses that are being restored by the park and are on the beach, some of them you can rent, they are called crystal cove cottages. we just stayed for the day on the beach and left, which you can also do. it was really nice because their were hardly... more

“Great Tidepools for Kids”
5 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
Connecticut
Jun 17, 2006
5/6 found this review helpful

Beautiful beach, great tidepools with starfish and anemones and crabs that any little kid is sure to love to see. more

“Perfect”
5 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
Highland, California
Nov 23, 2003
24/26 found this review helpful

My visit to Crystal Cove Beach with my teenagers and their friends during the summer of 2002 was the most perfect day I can remember in a long time. The walk from the State Park car parking facility where there was no trouble parking, to the beach was different, walking underneath the highway through a tunnel, and once reaching the... more

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Crystal Cove State Park Address

8471 Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Tel: 949-494-3539