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Ocean Beach, San Diego

 

Ocean Beach, San Diego

Ocean Beach is a community within the City of San Diego, California, USA. It is located south of Mission Bay and Mission Beach and north of Downtown San Diego on the Pacific Ocean at the western terminus of Interstate 8.

Ocean Beach houses two schools (Ocean Beach Elementary, and Sacred Heart Academy), and multiple churches. It has one library, many antique stores, and a main street of business, Newport Ave.

Ocean Beach was given its name by developers Billy Carlson and Frank Higgins in 1887. The Ocean Beach Pier, built in 1966, is the longest on the West Coast of the United States, measuring 1971 feet.

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