Is the 101 and Sunset the same thing? What beach does it end at? Is the Pacific Coast Highway a worthwhile drive?
The 101 is the Hollywood Freeway. You can see the Hollywood sign when driving north. Sunset Blvd goes off the Hollywood Freeway (before you go through the mountains where Universal Studios is) and travels west to the ocean. It ends north of Santa Monica. Pacific Coast Highway is a pretty drive, but kids will get bored unless they just love looking at the ocean. Santa Monica Pier is great for young kids as it has an amusement park with Ferris wheel, etc. I believe you can drive right onto the pier and park underneath. It’s been years since we went to Santa Monica Pier.......we have no young kids anymore.
The 101 Freeway intersects with Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood.
Sunset Blvd dead ends at Pacific Coast Highway near Gladstone’s restaurant and the Getty Villa.
The beach there is Will Rogers.
No, not the same thing. The 101 is the Ventura Freeway.
Sunset Blvd. ends at the ‘1’ - Coast Highway. The 101 is a few miles further inland.
The beach there is Zuma. Or is it - getting mixed up - - -
You can easily see the Santa Monica Pier from the end of Sunset.
I drove this way (Coast Highway, from where we live in Camarillo, to Sunset Blvd.) for 6 weekends, plus rehearsals, as a granddaughter was in ‘To Kill A Mockingbird” at a community theater on Sunset, 1 mile from the ocean.
Haven’t mentioned Pt. Dume Beach - - -
And then there’s Carpinteria - billed as ‘The World’s Safest Beach.’ It’s a few miles before Santa Barbara, going north from L.A.
HowEVer, as I suggested earlier, go to Leo Carrillo for the tide pools. They are small pools of water which are fun to walk thru and see what is residing there - - -