San Quintín, Baja California
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San Quintín is a coastal town on the west coast of Baja California, Mexico in the municipio of Ensenada. San Quintín has beautiful beaches and several places for tourists to stay. Tourists can enjoy fishing, camping, bird watching, surfing, and clam digging.
The town is on the west coast of central baja, near the Bahia de San Quintín, 187mi. south of the San Ysidro international border along Mexico's Highway 1.
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The Misión Santo Domingo de la Frontera lies 20 km north of San Quintín.
[edit] Bays
- Bahía San Ramón
- North of San Quintín.
- Bahía de San Quintín
- The inner bay.
- Bahía Falsa
- The outer bay.
- Bahía Santa María
- South of San Quintín
[edit] Beaches
- Malibu Beach
- Pacific beach north of town.
- Playa Medano
- On the Pacific Ocean, running from Picacho Vizcaino south to Cabo San Quintín.
- Playa de Oro
- Means Beach of Gold.
- Playa Santa María
- Beach facing Bahía Santa María.
- Playa Pabellón
- This is the prettiest beach in San Quintín vicinity.
- Playa Tranquilo
- a few miles north of El Rosario.
[edit] Towns
- Colonia Vicente Guerrero
- a small town north of San Quintín ( )
- El Socorro
- A small town between San Quintín and El Rosario. ( )