Dinosaur Caves Park — Attraction in Pismo Beach

This is a great place for traveling kids to unwind, blow off some in car energy and for parents to chill and relax. In fact any traveler in the US-101 csn use this to park to just unwind. Have a picnic or whatever. The playground is awesome. Even toddlers can enjoy the toddler swing. Parents can sit nearby and watch the kids. There are seating tables so you can make a play date, Bday party or simply unwind.

The walk paths take you from one side of the park to the Inn at the Cove. Below the Inn is an actual Cove. Fair warning, the walkway and steps do have sand gravel so be careful walking down. Once down there you can enjoy the ocean and the kelp moving about. Cell reception is good. Wireless data not so much.

The only downside as with all Vault Stone Mason like Neutral Gender Bathrooms at any park or State Parks, are the people who treat bathrooms with no care. Its as if their own house bathrooms must be in that same condition. Wet floors and wet toilet seats. Toilet paper all over the floor.

Now I know people of all ages has been potty trained and its something we are trained on. But as I have said, this is the only downside of the park. USA Citizens not knowing how to properly use the bathroom.

Other than that enjoy your time here and then drive into the Pismo Town area and enjoy the rest of your day there and at the...

Dinosaur caves Park in Pismo Beach is definitely one of the most visible parks as one drives up or down the 101 highway. Easy enough to overlook because of the sweeping ocean view dinosaur parks is very worthy of a stop, especially if you have little ones. The dinosaur eggs for the tiny ones to crawl in are beautiful touch. The swings for those to just go back and forth and let the world roll on by. The large concrete seals and the killer whale are just the right size for the little ones to crawl on and play make believe. Meanwhile the adults can have one eye on the children and one eye on the lovely panoramic view. Many picnic tables make it easy for one to have that beautiful picnic by the beach. The walkways give an easy place to stroll while watching the waves crash. The expansive lawns give a wonderful place for the dogs to run around and sniff sniff sniff . What more could one ask for a park. Is plenty of parking in the park and along the north side. It's just an incredible lovely place to be, to sit and read, to take a walk, to walk the dog, to bring the children, to have a picnic, and to have the 37 other things I didn't mention. It just feels good...

We stopped here for a pit stop on a long road trip, a place to get some fresh air, stretch our legs, and enjoy the ocean views.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve tried to avoid playgrounds whenever we’re traveling. Most are closed anyway. Our kids are bummed about it, but they understand.

We read online ahead of time that the playground here would be open... So, we were hoping to let our kids play on the playground here, since they’d been starved of playground time for 6 months at this point. We figured we’d mask them up and let them go wild IF it wasn’t too crowded.

Unfortunately, it WAS crowded. Even worse: there was not a single person in the entire park wearing a mask, on the playground or otherwise.

Luckily, the park is pretty big, so there was plenty of space for us to walk around and enjoy the BEAUTIFUL views while keeping our distance... Just no playground time for the kids.

I don’t know if this park is in one of those communities where people don’t care about the spread of Covid or what, but if that’s a concern of YOURS, I advise some degree of caution when visiting this park. Still an awesome...