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Fourthcoming Outdoors
Happy 4th! Things are heating up, so your best bet might be to keep things close to the coast. Here are a few WS favorites that'll have you down by the shore.
Week: 07.03.2024
Regions: Southern CA
Skip School for the Beach
Stroll UCSD Campus and Go to a Nearby Beach in La Jolla
![Woman hiking to Black's Beach in La Jolla San Diego](https://images.prismic.io/weekendsherpa/a7442da7-437c-4731-bfb5-45a288eb224b_IMG_20200303_131936.jpgMAIN.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=max&q=&w=479&h=359)
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![Fallen Star model house teetering on edge of the engineering building at University of California, San Diego](https://images.prismic.io/weekendsherpa/dcecfef5-a6d7-452a-819d-fcc6fbbd74f3_IMG_20200303_142602+copySQUARE.jpg?auto=compress,format&w=1004)
![Woman standing at the sculpture of granite as the Paradise Lost Book at University of California, San Diego](https://images.prismic.io/weekendsherpa/43108469-ba64-46ea-852f-1bac12ea0acb_IMG_20200303_142904.jpgMAIN.jpg?auto=compress,format&w=1004)
Head to UCSD (University of California, San Diego) for a campus stroll followed by a hike down sandstone cliffs to Black’s Beach in La Jolla.
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Seaside Bike Ride in Santa Barbara
Enjoy an easy Santa Barbara bike ride and all the trimmings—which include gorgeous beach scenery and samples of local vintages. Hop on the Cabrillo Bike Path at Stearns Wharf for a flat 4.4-mile (round-trip) oceanfront journey. As you start pedaling toward the harbor (ocean on yo
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Visit Garrapata State Park for bluffside hiking and a beautiful beach in Monterey
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Sweeping, romantic, and vast, Garrapata State Park has all the stuff of swoon-worthy scenery. There’s a magical beach backed by hulking cliffs with a hiking trail we like best in the later afternoon, when the beach can be blissfully deserted.
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