About a mile north of the pier, North Beach is one of the northernmost public beaches in San Clemente. The San…More Clemente beach trail can be accessed from the parking lot and a concession stand sits at the beach entrance.</p> <p>The beach parking lot is also used for the Metrolink platform nearby, one of two along the coast in San Clemente.</p> <p>The far northern end of the beach is open only to swimmers during the season, but surfers can hike south about a quarter mile to breaks reserved only for them.</p>

Parque Del Mar is at the end of Del Mar as it slopes into the Pier Bowl. The park offers benches that overlook…More the ocean, beach fire rings and picnic shelters down on the sand in the shadow of the pier.</p> <p>Parque Del Mar sits adjacent to Park Semper Fi.</p>

According to the city website, town father Ole Hanson built the San Clemente Pier as a gift to the community. He…More designed Del Mar, the street that runs through the historic downtown, to wind down the slope of the "Pier Bowl" to the beach and pier.</p> <p>The pier is home to the iconic Fisherman's Restaurant, which leases the facilities at the base of the pier, and a bait and souvenir shop closer to the end. The pier is about a quarter-mile long, and hosts frequent walkers and fishing enthusiasts.</p>

This office not only oversees San Clemente State Park, but also San Onofre, Bolsa Chica in Hungtinton Beach and the…More several other coastal state parks in the Orange Coast District.</p> <p>The superintendent of the district works out of the offices, as do maintenance staffers.</p>