The temperature has dropped and the air is frosty. Grey clouds hang heavy with the promise of rain. Thick jackets and warm ...

Tucked away along California’s Central Coast, Montaña de Oro State Park remains one of the state’s best-kept secrets – a coastal wonderland that somehow escapes the attention it so richly deserves.

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.