Dana Point, CA Real Estate

Dana Point Homes for Sale

The average home price in Dana Point is $600,000 while houses range from $300,000 to over $1 million. Housing types available include Single Family, Residential, Commercial, Investment Properties, Waterfront, Town Homes & Condominiums.

The Community of Dana Point

Dana Point, California is a picturesque harbor town located on the coast about half way between Los Angeles and San Diego, right along the Pacific Coast Highway in Orange County. It is easy to reach from the I-5 freeway, take the "Beach Cities" exit and turn left on Dana Point Harbor Drive. Follow Dana Point Harbor Drive down into the harbor.

Incorporated in 1989, the City of Dana Point is named after Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815-1882), a Harvard-trained lawyer, seaman, and author of the classic sea journal, Two Years Before the Mast (1840). In his journal, Dana documents his voyage from Boston around Cape Horn to California on the merchant ship, Pilgrim. Therein, Dana describes the area once known as Capistrano Bay, as "the most romantic spot on the California coast." Today, Capistrano Bay is known as Dana Point.

Dana Point is home to 35,110 residents and is characterized by nearly seven miles of prominent coastal bluffs and rolling hills along the Pacific Ocean. Most noteworthy of these bluffs is a unique promontory known as the "Headlands" which overlooks Dana Point Harbor, one of the most significant man-made alterations of the Orange County coastline.

The weather in Dana Point is very enjoyable. The average summer high temperature is just 76 degrees. The low temperature in the winter has an average of 44 degrees. Dana Point average annual rainfall is 12.4 inches per year. The average summer temperature is degrees F.