Query: G.N.I.S.

See also: Bishop Peak. Port San Luis. Terrace Hill.

The City of San Luis Obispo serves as the commercial and cultural hub of California’s Central Coast, as well as being the county seat of San Luis Obispo County. One of California’s oldest communities, the city was was first incorporated in 1856. With a population of 44,000, the City is located eight miles from the Pacific Ocean and is midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles at the junction of Highway 101 and scenic Highway 1. A well-known state university and my alma mater, California Polytechnic State University, is located on the north edge of town.

Articles that refer to this location:

• California Highway 1: San Luis Obispo; 
• Field Notes: Nov 1968;  12 Oct 2017;  12 Oct 2017;  14 Oct 2017;  14 Oct 2024;  14 Oct 2024;  16 Oct 2024;  17 Oct 2024;  6 Apr 2025; 
• U. S. Highway 101: in San Luis Obispo; 

Aerial view of San Luis Obispo.	November morning on Sierra Way.	San Luis Obispo seen from Cuesta Ridge.	House I lived in while attending Cal Poly	Market where I worked, formerly called the New Park Grocery
Line for F. McLintocks barbeque at the Farmer's Market	One reason the SLO Farmer's Market was so pleasant	Still functional 50+ years later	971 Church Street, where I lived while attending Cal Poly.	View west of San Luis Obispo from Terrace Hill.
Site of the former roundhouse at San Luis Obispo.	View of San Luis Obispo from Bishop's Peak

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Date and time this article was prepared:5:13:42 PM, 5/18/2026.