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DeutschGrover Beach is in San Luis Obispo County on the Central Coast of California. It is part of the Five Cities Metropolitan Area which also includes Oceano to the south, Arroyo Grande to the east, and Pismo Beach and Shell Beach to the north.
Understand
[edit | edit source]Get in
[edit | edit source]By car
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California Highway 1, the Pacific Coast Highway, runs through Grover Beach. On the 1, you could go south to Guadalupe and Lompoc, while you could go north to nearby Pismo Beach to meet the 101.
Grover Beach is also the southern terminus of California Highway 227. The 227 goes north to San Luis Obispo.
U.S. Highway 101 is a major freeway that goes near the north end of town. On the 101, you can go south to Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, and eventually to Los Angeles, and north to San Luis Obispo, Salinas, and eventually to San Francisco.
By plane
[edit | edit source]The nearest airport with commercial flights is San Luis Obispo Airport (SBP IATA), about 10 miles north. Scheduled flights are available to Los Angeles and San Francisco on United Express's Skywest Airlines, and Phoenix on American Eagle.
Oceano County Airport is just south of Grover Beach and it is used mostly for general aviation.
By bus/train
[edit | edit source]Amtrak serves Grover Beach via its Pacific Surfliner train between San Luis Obispo and San Diego, there are two daily departures in each direction and several additional Amtrak Thruway buses connecting with trains in Santa Barbara. 1 Grover Beach station is at 180 W Grand Ave.
Get around
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By bus
[edit | edit source]SLO South County Transit provides bus service in Grover Beach, Oceano, Pismo Beach and Shell Beach. The main transit hub is at Ramona Garden Park at 9th Street and Ramona Ave.
See and do
[edit | edit source]- 1 Pismo State Beach (from Highway 1, go west on Grand Ave). Vehicles are permitted on the beach.
Buy
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[edit | edit source]- 1 Fin's Seafood Bar & Grill, 25 W Grand Ave, ☏ +1 805 473-3467.
- 2 Fatte's Pizza of Grover Beach, 1741 W Grand Ave, ☏ +1 805 489-5555.
Drink
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[edit | edit source]- 1 Holiday Inn Express, 775 N Oak Park Blvd, ☏ +1 805 481-4448.
- 2 Seaview Inn, 150 N 5th St, ☏ +1 805 473-1433.
Go next
[edit | edit source]- Arroyo Grande
- Oceano
- Pismo Beach - Grover Beach's neighbor to the north is a tourism-focused coastal town that has more than 65 restaurants and 30 lodging options, and draws visitors with its beautiful coastline, annual clam festival, and the thousands of monarch butterflies that gather to spend the winter in a grove at the edge of town.
| Routes through Grover Beach |
| San Luis Obispo ← Pismo Beach ← | N  S | → Arroyo Grande → Santa Barbara |
| San Luis Obispo ← Pismo Beach ← | N  S | → Oceano → Santa Barbara |
| San Luis Obispo ← | N  S | → Guadalupe → Santa Barbara |