Pfeiffer Beach
Search results
4 days ago · Point Lobos State Natural Reserve has often been called “The crown jewel of the California State Park System.”. Landscape Painter Francis McComas called Point Lobos “the greatest meeting of land and water in the world.”. World class photographers Edward Weston and Ansel Adams spent years of their lives patrolling the woods and shores of ...
Nov 20, 2023 · Point Lobos State Reserve is located along Highway 1, about 3 miles south of Carmel-by-the-Sea in Central California. The Reserve opens at 8 a.m. year round, and generally closes at 7 p.m. All visitors, including those that enter on foot, must exit by the closing time noted at the main entrance to the park.
Point Lobos is just south of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States, and at the north end of the Big Sur coast of the Pacific Ocean. Point Lobos features a number of hiking trails, many alongside the ocean, and a smaller number of beaches.
Point Lobos State Natural Reserve is located on the central coast of California. Its entrance is on iconic Highway 1 about 3 miles south of Carmel-by-the-Sea, 125 miles south of San Francisco, and 325 miles north of Los Angeles.
Point lobos is a combination of two types of geology. On the northern side it is granite that was born a couple of hundred miles to the South before drifting up to the north on the San Andreas fault. on top of the granite, and on the southern half of the peninsula is sandstone.
- (4.9K)
- Attraction
- 62 Ca-1, Carmel, 93923, California
Nov 24, 2023 · Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, located near Carmel-by-the-Sea on the Central California Coast, is gorgeous. All the hiking trails in the reserve are beautiful, and if you have the luxury of time, you’d want to hike all of them. They are some of the most scenic trails in Big Sur.
Feb 8, 2024 · Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, charmingly called the ‘Crown Jewel of the California State Park System,’ sits along the scenic coast of California. Just outside of Monterey, it’s a breathtakingly beautiful destination for nature enthusiasts, photographers, and adventurers.
