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Point Lobos State Reserve

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Point Lobos State Reserve

Location: In Monterey County, 3 miles south of Carmel on Highway 1.
Facilities: Picnic areas, restrooms, trails (é).
Activities: Hiking, wildlife viewing, scuba diving, guided tours.
Special Features: Once the home of a turn-of -the-century whaling and abalone industry, Reserve contains headlands, coves, and rolling meadows and is known for its exceptional beauty. Wildlife includes seals, sea lions, sea otters, and migrating gray whales (from December to May), and thousands of seabirds also make the reserve their home. The offshore area, popular with divers, forms one of the richest underwater habitats in the world.
Address: c/o Monterey District Office
2211 Garden Rd
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone: 831-624-4909;
Web: www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=571
Size: 1,325 acres.

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It is also situated 2 miles away from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, 4 miles away from the Lighthouse and 7 miles away from the Point Lobos State Reserve.
Locations included Big Sur, Palos Verdes, Point Lobos State Reserve, and, of course, Selznick Studios.
I am a Point Lobos State Reserve docent, one of the volunteers who have the privilege of answering questions, selling postcards, staffing the historical museum, leading nature walks, and, in general, doing everything we can to help visitors enjoy their experience.
 
 
 
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