Gorgeous

This is beautiful

and there are fossils.

It blows my mind that the park was going to be a subdivision. Thankfully it was purchased and held until the 60s when it was sold to the State.

I love going; never get bored of it.

Been to Monterey twice now and I loved this hike. Just a stunning area.

The most amazing part is that it's not even 17 miles

I grew up there, too. I miss it so much.

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Carmel is gorgeous.

It’s also very difficult to smoke a bowl…I suggest joints.

One of my favorite spots in the state!!!!

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Visited on my way coming back from Big Sur and I was more impressed with this little reserve than Big Sur. I loved Big Sur obviously, that's just how serene this little stop was. Can't wait to visit again.

The Misty Mountains

I did the drive last year and it was underwhelming. If you enjoy looking at McMansions I guess it's a good drive?

yet you took the time to make a comment..

Beautiful👌

I swear I thought this was a screenshot of Far Cry 3 at first😂😂🤯

Could just be the angle of the picture + fluvial erosion that make it look this way, but this looks like a massive strike-slip fault.

This is an awesome picture.

Stunning!!!

The trees atop that cliff are Monterey Cypress trees. This stand and another in Pebble Beach are the only two remaining natural stands in the world. It is a Pleistocene relict species that is being pushed into the sea by the changing climate of the past 12k years. There is a fungal disease that affects new world cypresses called cypress canker, caused by Seiridium cardinale. Monterey Cypress are the most vulnerable to it, but the salt spray from the sea protects them from the fungus, so they don't grow that well elsewhere, despite being a popular landscape tree.

All new world cypress trees are beautiful and smell fantastic, but Monterey Cypress is one of the most hauntingly beautiful. Because of its growth on sea cliffs exposed to heavy winds, they are Krummholz trees. Krummholz means they are stunted and twisted by exposure to harsh, salty wind. Combined with the varied lichens and mosses in the grove, it makes hiking through there feel like something from a fantasy movie.

Asilomar feels pretty sharky to me 🦈

Is that open? I did some hike up garrapata and I could only get about halfway up. It ended at like a tranquil stream in some new growth redwoods where you could keep going into the back half, but that half was closed for a long time. It was a hike through a canyon following a stream don’t know the name of the hike.

Edit: pretty sure it was soberanes canyon! I didn’t think you could do the whole loop!

This picture looks like it taps for a blue.

You must do the 17 mile drive BEFORE you do Point Lobos. Otherwise you'll be terribly disappointed. Point Lobos blows away 17m. And it's not even close.