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Attractions near San Luis Obispo

From Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa on: San Luis Obispo’s list

Around San Luis Obispo, the places to visit include 8 museums, 2 gardens and a landmark. Look within 40 miles and the list grows by 11 beyond the 2 inside San Luis Obispo. If you have a day, head to Hearst Castle, 40 mi away.

Attractions nearby
15
within 60 miles
The big one
40 mi
Hearst Castle
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
State park · 40 mi northwest

Hearst Castle

National Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark located on the Central Coast of California, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Mapped around San Luis Obispo

Out at 35 mi is Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 10, the farthest.

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Orange: San Luis Obispo. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

The whole list for San Luis Obispo

First the 2 in town, then the 13 within 60 miles.

Hearst Castle

State park · 40 mi northwest · read 251K times a year on Wikipedia

National Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark located on the Central Coast of California, United States.

The places inside San Luis Obispo lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in San Luis Obispo → · San Luis Obispo’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa: Stephen Lea, CC BY-SA 3.0 · San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum: SLOGlen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hearst Castle: No machine-readable author provided. Urban~commonswiki assumed (based on copyrig, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Hunter Liggett: Binksternet, Public domain · Mission San Miguel Arcángel: Jsweida, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Montaña de Oro State Park: BorisFromStockdale, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dana Adobe: Ken Figlioli, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 10: U.S. Air Force, Public domain · Morro Bay Maritime Museum: Hu Nhu, CC0 · Morro Bay State Park Museum of Natural History: Mike Baird, CC BY 2.0 · San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden: Kevin Cole from Pacific Coast, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Leaning Pine Arboretum: Daderot, CC0

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