Oceanside

Originally populated by Native American's, Oceanside became the site of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in 1798.

Hearing through the grapevine that a railroad was on its way, shopkeeper Andrew Jackson Meyer got a homestead grant of 160-plus acres in the mind-1880s and subdivide the land into the community that would become the city. The railroads brought visitors and home buyers. 

Piers were built, lost to storm and built again. World War II brought the construction of Camp Pendleton and an influx of military families that continues to this day.

The Oceanside Small Craft Harbor was built in the 1960s, giving the city hundreds of boat slips and yet another way to live up to its nautical name.

📌Check it Out

1.California Surf Museum

2. Guajome Regional Park

3. Mission San Luis Rey

4. Oceanside Museum of Art

5. Oceanside Pier

6. Surf Bowl 

📍Shops and Eats

1. Bagby Beer Co.

2. Flying Pig Pub & Kitchen 

3.Local Tap House & Kitchen

4. Wrench and Rodent Seabasstropub

Tour Mission San Luis Rey and have an old-school picnic at Heritage Park.

Check out the surf at Oceanside Pier and surf history at the California Surf Museum.