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Harmony Headlands State Park

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Nearest city
  
Morro Bay, California

Address
  
Cayucos, CA 93430, USA

Area
  
748 acres (303 ha)

Phone
  
+1 805-772-7434

Harmony Headlands State Park

Location
  
San Luis Obispo County, California, United States

Established
  
2003; 14 years ago (2003)

Governing body
  
California Department of Parks and Recreation

Hours
  
Open today · Open 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hours

Similar
  
Estero Bluffs State Park, Hearst San Simeon State Park, Morro Bay State Park, Cayucos State Beach, Montaña de Oro State Park

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Harmony Headlands State Park preserves an undeveloped parcel of Pacific coast in California, United States. Located in San Luis Obispo County on Highway 1, the park is the only public access to the coast between the towns of Cayucos and Harmony. The 748-acre (303 ha) park was established in 2003. The Cayucos Land Conservancy helped facilitate and fund the park's development.

Contents

Harmony Headlands State Park is open for day-use only. Amenities are limited to a small parking area, portable toilet, and a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) trail. The trail leads through a marine terrace grassland with views of the Pacific Ocean. Volunteers provide assistance and interpretation in the unstaffed park.

Harmony headlands state park trail


HistoryEdit

The present-day state park was a part of Rancho San Geronimo, an 1842 Mexican land grant. In 1865 an American settler bought the Rancho, and it passed through various owners until the Storni family bought a 750-acre (300 ha) parcel in 1912. The Stornis operated a dairy farm here until the mid 1960s. In 1975 the Storni Ranch was sold to developers, who hoped to subdivide the property into home sites. The project fell through, and the property was then bought by the American Land Conservancy in 2003, who in turn sold it to California State Parks. However bureaucratic difficulties delayed opening the park to the public until November 2008. The Cayucos Land Conservancy facilitated overcoming the issues including providing funding for the park's development.

References

Harmony Headlands State Park Wikipedia