Will Rogers State Beach
Pacific Palisades, CA
Will Rogers State Beach stretches for miles with fee lots at Sunset Boulevard, Temescal Canyon Road, and Chautauqua Boulevard, operated by LA County Beaches and Harbors. It's a genuinely wide, approachable beach, one of the more straightforward options along this stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway.
The genuine width and multiple access points make it a reliable, easy beach day, though the fee parking at each lot is worth budgeting for ahead of time.
How we score beachesPick whichever of the three named access points, Sunset, Temescal Canyon, or Chautauqua, is closest to where you're coming from, they all reach the same connected beach.
A day use fee applies at each of the three named access lots.
The path from each fee lot to the sand isn't documented in detail, so allow extra time on your first visit.
Leashed dogs are allowed on the paved bike path and in parking areas, but not on the sand at Will Rogers State Beach.
Fog is common most mornings year round, typical of the Pacific Palisades coast.
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