Los Osos Oaks State Natural Reserve

Beautiful, accessible park in Los Osos with relatively flat, interconnected mile-long trails that take you through sand dunes with a grove of dwarf (6-8 foot high), 800-year old coast live oaks. There's also a Chumash trash sites here. It's close to town, but feels remote and beautiful.

There are five major plant communities represented here:

• Coastal sage scrub
• Central coastal scrub
• Dune oak scrub
• Coast live oak forest
• Riparian

Great for birding!

History

June 26, 2022

Visited for the first time with Eun-Joung. Loved it.

See Also

• wikipedia:Los Osos Oaks State Natural Reserve
• California Department of Parks and Recreation page
• Hikespeak page