Point Buchon is a

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. The

Point Buchon State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area Point Buchon State Marine Reserve (SMR) and Point Buchon State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) are two adjoining marine protected areas that lie offshore Point Buchon in San Luis Obispo County on California’s central coast. The combined area ...

lies offshore from that Point. Point Buchon was named by the Coast Survey during the Civil War. Point Buchon was named after El Buchon, the

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chief who ruled the area when the

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passed this way in 1769. El Buchon had a large neck

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, ''buchon'' in 18th century Spanish.Point Buchon Trail
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Landforms of San Luis Obispo County, California {{SanLuisObispoCountyCA-geo-stub