San Simeon, California

San Simeon
Unincorporated community Census-designated place
View of Hearst Castle
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Coordinates: 35°38′38″N 121°11′23″W / 35.64389°N 121.18972°W / 35.64389; -121.18972
Country	United States
State	California
County	San Luis Obispo
Area [1]
• Total	0.797 sq mi (2.063 km2)
• Land	0.797 sq mi (2.063 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation [2]	230 ft (70 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	445
• Density	560/sq mi (220/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	93452
Area code	805
GNIS feature ID	248966[2]

San Simeon (Spanish: San Simeón, meaning "St. Simon") is an unincorporated community^[2] on the Pacific coast of San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. Its position along State Route 1 is about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, each of those cities being roughly 230 miles (370 km) away. A key feature of the area is Hearst Castle, a hilltop mansion built for William Randolph Hearst in the early 20th century that is now a tourist attraction. The area is also home to a large northern elephant seal rookery, known as the Piedras Blancas rookery, located 7 miles (11 km) north of San Simeon on Highway 1.