Crystal Cove State Park

Crystal Cove State Park is the rare OC park that stitches the ocean to the inland canyons. On the coast side, you get more than three miles of bluff and beach between Corona del Mar and Laguna, a historic district of 1930s beach cottages, and tide pools at low tide. Inland — across PCH — the El Moro side opens onto a network of canyon and ridge trails covering thousands of acres of protected open space. It's one of California's best examples of coast-and-canyon side by side: hike the Moro Ridge in the morning, drop down to the beach in the afternoon, all within the same park boundary.