OC is home to some of the state’s most iconic piers, some being the longest structures in the state, while others carry rich cultural history dating back to the early 1800s.

Editor’s note: This is an occasional series where Voice of OC works with local community photographers to offer residents a first-hand look at the local sites and scenes of Orange County.

Just above the shorelines where fading noises of the street become drowned out by the rhythm of the waves, six iconic piers that carry a rich, cultural history stretch from Orange County’s coast over the Pacific.

For many OC residents, these piers represent more than steel and wood walkways where land meets the ocean—but more importantly, places to think, to escape, and to simply be.

A pier is a raised structure built over the wat

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