Gazos Creek Beach

Gazos Creek Beach is a sandy beach at the mouth of Gazos Creek between Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz. This day use only beach is at the northern border of Ano Nuevo State Park and has a parking lot right off the Pacific Coast Highway. Beach goers can get a view of Pigeon Point Lighthouse to the north from the beach and coastal bluffs. Just south of Gazos Creek Beach is Franklin Point and Franklin Point Beach.