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Point Lobos State Natural Reserve

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Point Lobos State Natural Reserve

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Point Lobos State Natural Reserve

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Location: Monterey County, California, United States

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1. Point Lobos loop from Whaler's Cove — Point Lobos State Natural Reserve

7.09km

01:54

80m

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2. Whaler's Cove to Sandhill Cove — Point Lobos State Natural Reserve

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01:20

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3. Point Lobos State Natural Reserve loop — Monterey

5.06km

01:20

50m

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oliviakellis

July 21, 2023

Point Lobos is a protected area of south of Monterey, California. With a unique landscape, the area offers stunning hiking trails, diverse wildlife, and sea wonders for water and wildlife enthusiasts. Make sure to spend time at the preserve to enjoy its natural beauty.

Mandelkern

December 9, 2019

Point Lobos State Reserve, often simply called Point Lobos, is a protected area south of Monterey, California and north of the Big Sur coastline. The very steep sea coast (the sea floor quickly reaches characteristics of the Pacific several kilometers offshore) creates unusual tidal effects, with unusually large amounts of oxygen entering the ocean water. This in turn attracts unusual plant and animal life, from high concentrations of plankton up the food chain to larger mammals. Point Lobos is best known for its sea otter population.
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Turnsackerl 🇦🇹

October 13, 2018

A beautiful small state reserve just off Highway 1 is Point Lobos, just a few miles south of Monterey and Carmel in the north of the Big Sur area. Particularly impressive is Point Lobos due to its enormous variety: here the steep coastline with its rugged cliffs, there the dense forests with numerous rare plant species and the strangest rock structures on the water. And animal lovers will also get their money's worth thanks to the abundance of sea lions and rodents.

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Location: Monterey County, California, United States

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Point Lobos State Natural Reserve

1. Point Lobos loop from Whaler's Cove — Point Lobos State Natural Reserve

2. Whaler's Cove to Sandhill Cove — Point Lobos State Natural Reserve

3. Point Lobos State Natural Reserve loop — Monterey

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