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Monarch Butterfly Grove

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Glenn & Julie
February 9, 2022
Who doesn't love butterflies? Kids will love running around and beautiful scenery.
Michael & Eleanor
June 7, 2021
Monarch Season is late October thru February 400 Dolliver St Pismo Beach, CA 93449 The Pismo State Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove is located half a mile south of Pismo Beach just off Hwy 1. The grove is open from late October through the month of February The Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove is one of only five sites in the state that has counts of over 10,000 butterflies annually. Each year thousands of vibrant orange and black Monarch Butterflies flock to Pismo State Beach, a location essential to their successful migration, seeking shelter from the freezing northern winters. From late October to February, the butterflies cluster in the limbs of towering, majestic Eucalyptus trees flanking a riparian estuary that flows to the Pacific Ocean. The grove is easily accessible from CA State Highway 1 at the south boundary of the city limits of Pismo Beach.
Monarch Season is late October thru February 400 Dolliver St Pismo Beach, CA 93449 The Pismo State Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove is located half a mile south of Pismo Beach just off Hwy 1. The grove is open from late October through the month of February The Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove is…
Raquel
December 5, 2020
The Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove is one of only five sites in the state that has counts of over 10,000 butterflies annually. Each year thousands of vibrant orange and black Monarch Butterflies flock to Pismo State Beach, a location essential to their successful migration, seeking shelter from the freezing northern winters. From late October to February, the butterflies cluster in the limbs of towering, majestic Eucalyptus trees flanking a riparian estuary that flows to the Pacific Ocean.
The Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove is one of only five sites in the state that has counts of over 10,000 butterflies annually. Each year thousands of vibrant orange and black Monarch Butterflies flock to Pismo State Beach, a location essential to their successful migration, seeking shelter from…
Cris
July 19, 2020
October to February, walk through a state park covered in Monarch Butterflies, and out to the ocean via a managed trail. parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30273 experiencepismobeach.com/beach-and-outdoors/monarch-butterflies/monarch-grove/
Candice
October 16, 2019
If you're here during Monarch migration this is an epic place to view mass amounts of monarch butterflies in the eucalyptus trees.

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Location
400 South Dolliver Street
Pismo Beach, CA