Must-see attractions in Laguna Beach

  • Heisler Park

    Laguna Beach

    The grassy, bluff-top Heisler Park offers vistas of craggy coves and deep-blue sea. Bring your camera – with its palm trees and bougainvillea-dotted…

  • Pacific Marine Mammal Center

    Laguna Beach

    A nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating injured or ill marine mammals, this center northeast of town has a small staff and many…

  • Aliso Beach County Park

    Laguna Beach

    South of downtown Laguna Beach, the locals’ favorite Aliso Beach County Park is popular with surfers, boogie boarders and skimboarders. With picnic tables…

  • Thousand Steps Beach

    Laguna Beach

    Jealously guarded by locals, Thousand Steps Beach is about 1 mile south of Aliso Beach, hidden off Hwy 1 just south of Mission Hospital. At the south end…

  • Laguna Art Museum

    Laguna Beach

    This breezy museum has changing exhibitions featuring contemporary California artists, and a permanent collection heavy on California landscapes, vintage…

  • Main Beach

    Laguna Beach

    Near downtown’s village, Main Beach has volleyball and basketball courts, a playground and restrooms. It's the first beach you see as you come down Laguna…

  • West Street Beach

    Laguna Beach

    South of central Laguna, this beach has long been a hangout for Laguna's (and the OC's) LGBT community (with an emphasis on the G). The eye candy can be…

  • Picnic Beach

    Laguna Beach

    Just north of Main Beach, Picnic Beach is too rocky to surf but has excellent tide pooling.

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