Art View Scenic Spot dirt path on inlet, Los Osos

Art View Scenic Spot is a short 500m dirt path on the Cuesta Inlet of the estuary in Los Osos. It's picturesque because of the dozens of colorful kayaks locked along the path! There are lovely flowers, such as chubby purple ones with pea pods. The dirt path leads to a private forest on the west end. Halfway along, there is a picnic table with chairs where people sit and take in the scenery. It's nice to watch people kayak by, or talk to residents along the path. The wind is fierce, so bring a jacket. This is one of the less impressive spots in Los Osos town, which has many magical spots to explore. 

Sea Pines Golf Resort is a one minute drive away. Here a bowl-shaped lawn framed by cypress trees makes a nice spot for live music, every Saturday on the lawn 2-8pm. and Sunday on the adjacent patio 11-1pm (confirm hours and bands playing on their website). The bands are usually 60s classic rock, attracting an older crowd. Clubhouse Grill is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the patio. You can't see the estuary much from the lawn, nor at all from the patio, but it is there, across the golf course.
You can walk from Sea Pines Resort along Howard Ave, with the golf course and blue estuary by your side, for fourteen minutes to the small monarch butterfly forest at Shark Inlet at the end of Monarch Lane. Here you can take a very short 450ft walk through a eucalyptus forest with monarch butterflies November to February, if you're lucky. You end at a path of deep, deep sand, with views of the dunes on the other side of Shark Inlet. You can follow this deep sand path for 1km but we didn't do it. Monarch Lane has sidewalks, if you'd like to walk the neighborhood in the shade of some trees. It leads to Pecho Valley Road, and if you turn right there are sidewalks for a little while longer and it's quite scenic, with flowers and trees. This is the road that leads to Montana de Oro, but must be driven once the sidewalk ends. 
After, have a cup of coffee at Yokoso Coffee, on Los Osos Valley Road, enjoying the indoor seating with big windows.

Directions

Art View Scenic Spot is located at 341 Garden Street, Los Osos. There is a small dirt spot to park along the road.

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