Towns from Sherman Oaks to San Jose

Informatin about the cities, towns, census designated places and local communities along Highway 101, traveling north, from Sherman Oaks in Southern California to] San Jose in Northern California. Also includes three side trips off Highway 101: (1) a side trip to the Danish Village of Solvang and the San Ynez Valley Wine Country, (2) a side trip to the historic early California mission town of San Juan Bautista, and (3) a side trip from Salinas to Santa Cruz.

Sherman Oaks to Oxnard

This section of highway 101 passes through the San Fernando Valley.

- Sherman Oaks
- Encino, Los Angeles
- Woodland Hills
- Calabasas
- Agoura Hills
- Westlake Village
- Thousand Oaks
- Newbury Park
- Camarillo
- Oxnard

Ventura to Goleta

Highway 101 merges with Highway 1 in Ventura and it runs along the coast until just past Gaviota State Park.

- Ventura
- PARK: Rincon Beach Park
- Carpenteria
- Summerland
- Montecito
- Santa Barbara
- Goleta
- PARK: El Capitan State Beach
- PARK: - Gaviota State Park

Buellton to Arroyo Grande

101 splits from Highway 1 and turns inland a few miles past Gaviota State Park.

- Buellton: Pea Soup Anderson's Inn and Restaurant
- Los Alamos (1880 Union Hotel / Victorian Mansion)
- Orcutt
- Santa Maria (Santa Maria Inn, Discovery & Flight Museums)
- Nipomo (golf, spas)
- Arroyo Grande (Lopez Lake, Mustang Waterpark

Grover Beach to Pismo Beach

101 merges with Highway and runs along the coast

- Grover Beach
- Pismo Beach (clamming, sand dunes, beach driving)
- Ocutt
- Santa Maria
- Arroyo Grande
- Pismo Beach
- Shell Beach

San Luis Obispo to Salinas

101 Splits off Highway 1 and turns inland just north of Pismo Beach.

- San Luis Obispo
- Atascadero
- Templeton
- Paso Robles
- King City
- Soledad
- Greenfield
- Salinas

Salinas to San Jose

- Chualar (Monterey County)
- Gonzales (Monterey County)
- Prunedale
- Turn-off to San Juan Bautista)
- Gilroy
- San Martin
- Morgan Hill
- San Jose

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Side Trips Off Highway 101

Buellton to Solvang and the San Ynez Valley

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Historic mission town of San Juan Bautista

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Salinas to Santa Cruz - Salinas
- Castroville - Moss Landing
- WETLANDS: Elkhorn Slough
- Watsonville - La Selva Beach - Rio del Mar - Aptos
PARK: Seacliff State Beach
- Capitola - Soquel - Santa Cruz

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Salinas to Monterey and Carmel

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Avila Beach

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