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California has a way of hiding its most spectacular treasures in plain sight, and Montaña de Oro State Park might be the golden state’s most dazzling secret hiding just off Highway 1.

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The landscape is diverse, with lakes, valleys, mountains, peat bogs, forests, and coastline. Visitors can paddle a kayak or ...

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