Spooners Cove, formerly Spooner's Cove, and Buchon Cove, is a
bay
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...
in
San Luis Obispo County, California
San Luis Obispo County (), officially the County of San Luis Obispo, is a County (United States), county on the Central Coast (California), Central Coast of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 282, ...
. It is located at , 1.4 miles north northeast of
Point Buchon Point Buchon is a cape in San Luis Obispo County, California. The Point Buchon State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area lies offshore from that Point. Point Buchon was named by the Coast Survey during the Civil War.
Point Buchon was named ...
.
Islay Creek
Islay Creek is a stream in San Luis Obispo County, California. Its mouth is at Spooners Cove on the Pacific Ocean, at . Its source is at at an elevation of in the Irish Hills
Irish Hills is an area of land located roughly in southeastern ...
has its mouth at this cove.
History
Spooners Cove is named for Alden B. Spooner II who first settled above the cove (then named Buchon Cove) with his family in 1892.
Spooner History edited by Joyce Cory: ALDEN BRADFORD SPOONER II - PECHO RANCH HISTORY
from spoonerhistory.blogspot.com accessed June 19, 2018.
References
Bodies of water of San Luis Obispo County, California
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