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17-Mile Drive is a scenic road through Pebble Beach and Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula in California, much of which hugs the Pacific coastline and passes famous golf courses, mansions and scenic attractions, including the Lone Cypress, Bird Rock and the 5,300-acre (2,100 ha) Del Monte Forest of Monterey Cypress trees.
The tree is located off 17-Mile Drive between Cypress Point Club and the Pebble Beach Golf Links, two of world's best-known golf courses. The Monterey cypress grows naturally only in Pebble Beach and Point Lobos. [2]
Carmel-by-the-Sea (/ k ɑːr ˈ m ɛ l /), commonly known simply as Carmel, is a city in Monterey County, California, located on the Central Coast of California. As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 3,220, down from 3,722 at the 2010 census .
The Monterey Bay Coastal Recreation Trail (or Monterey Bay Coastal Trail for short) is a trail that runs along the coast of the Monterey Bay.It stretches for 18 miles, between Castroville, California and Pacific Grove, California, and passes several tourist attractions along the way, including Cannery Row, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and Fisherman's Wharf.
Malpaso Creek is a small, coastal stream 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Carmel in Monterey County, California, United States. It is generally regarded as the northern border of Big Sur in central coastal California. [2] [3] A low grade bituminous coal deposit was found in upper Malpaso Canyon in 1874.
The famous 17-Mile Drive was originally designed as a local excursion for visitors to the Del Monte, in which they could take in the historic sights of Monterey and Pacific Grove and the scenery of what would become Pebble Beach. [9] Today, tourism serves as the Peninsula's main industry.
Shoppers visit the weekly Carmel Farmers Market in Carmel-by-the-Sea in January. A man armed with an assault rifle was shot by police in Carmel-by-the-Sea on Friday. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
The Sunset School was a public school founded in 1903, as a subscription school of seven students held in the home of Elmer Douglas on Dolores Street and 7th Avenue in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. The school moved to another home, then to a lumber company's office, and then, in 1906, the Sunset School was built at 9th Avenue and San Carlos ...