Pirates Cove

This article is about the embayment in California. For the area at Chessington World of Adventures Resort, see Chessington World of Adventures § Pirates Cove. For the Florida community, see Pirates Cove, Florida. For other uses, see Pirate Cove.

Pirates Cove is an embayment in Marin County, California, United States, between Muir Beach and Tennessee Cove.^[1] A trail leads from the terminus of the California Coastal Trail to a small beach area, surrounded by steep hills and coastal scrub.^[2]

The sign at the trailhead to Pirates Cove, just past Muir Beach

There is also a nude beach called Pirates Cove 5 miles west north west of Pismo Beach and 6.7 miles south south west of Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo, CA

37°51′06″N 122°33′50″W / 37.85167°N 122.56389°W / 37.85167; -122.56389^[3]

Notes

1. USGS
2. "Coastal Trail at Pirates Cove", parksconservancy.org, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pirates Cove