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| Description : Map of San Obispo county showing the major towns, highways and much more. | Disclaimer |
San Luis Obispo County is situated beside the Pacific Ocean in the Central Coast of California, in the middle of San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles.
About San Luis Obispo County Map
The remoteness of the county from the bigger metropolitan regions of Los Angeles and San Francisco is one of the principal reasons why the county has maintained its countryside features and gives us a hint of olden California. The county is popularly called as "the Central Coast," and is more rustic and agrarian than any other shoreline areas in California. The county covers a total area of 3,615.54 sq miles.
A San Luis Obispo County Map clearly shows all the major highways (state and national), parks, airports, incorporated cities and other important places of interest in the county. The county is bordered by Kings County and Monterey County to the north, Kern County to the east, Pacific Ocean to the west and Santa Barbara County to the south.
Cities in San Luis Obispo County
A San Luis Obispo County map shows the following major cities in the county:
| City | Population |
| Atascadero | 26,242 |
| Arroyo Grande | 15,851 |
| Morro Bay | 10,350 |
| Grover Beach | 13,067 |
| Pismo Beach | 8,551 |
| Paso Robles | 28,953 |
| San Luis Obispo | 48,160 |
Other than the abovementioned cities, the county also houses the following CDPs - Cambria, Baywood-Los Osos, Lake Nacimiento, Cayucos, Oceano, Nipomo, Shandon, San Miguel, and Templeton.
The tiny size of the societies of the county, spread out beside the seashores, coastal mountains and peaks of the Santa Lucia mountain range, offers an extensive range of interior hilly and seaward environmental settings to assist in different types of farming, fishing, and tourist pursuits.
Tourist Attractions in San Luis Obispo County
The county houses the following popular tourist draws:
- Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge (part of)
- Carrizo Plain National Monument (part of)
- Los Padres National Forest (part of)
- Shell Beach
- Avila Beach
- Carrizo Plain National Monument
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