Scenic/vista points Bonita/Marin Point Headlands (4), Point Point Montara (11), Pigeon (17), Año Nuevo (18), Cliff Davenport (23), West Drive (Santa Cruz) (35), Elkhorn Slough (48), Ocean Grove) View Blvd. (Pacific (61) 17 Mile Drive (in Beach) (70), Point Pebble Lobos (74), Hurricane Point Sur Lightstation (79), Point (80), Pfeiffer Beach (85), Sand Dollar Beach (91), Blancas (96) Piedras Point Coastal walks/hikes Golden Gate National Area/Marin Recreation Headlands (1), Pescadero (16), Año Marsh Reserve (19), Nuevo State Reserve State Park Wilder Ranch Cliff Drive (Santa (25), West Cruz) (35), Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research (48), Ocean View Reserve Grove) (61), Blvd. (Pacific Lobos (74), Andrew Point (81), Julia Molera State Park Pfeiffer Burns State Park and Trail Point (87), Ragged Overlook (95) Scenic drives 49-Mile Drive San Francisco (city and coastal) (9) Hwy. to 1 from San Francisco Cliff Santa Cruz (15), West Drive (Santa Cruz) (35), Ocean View Blvd. (Pacific Grove) (61), 17-Mile Drive Beach, fee charged) (Pebble 1 between (70), Hwy. Carmel and Cambria (a winding drive) (88). long, Waddell Greyhound Ocean Beach (San Lighthouses/Lightstations Bonita (4), Point Point Montara (11), Pigeon (17), Santa Cruz Point (35), Point Cliff Dr.) (West Grove) (55), (Pacific Pinos Sur (80) Point recreation sites Water The four harbors (12, 31, 50, 64), Elkhorn Slough (63) (48), Cannery Row Long walks (21), New Brighton to Rock Seacliff Beach (28), Salinas River (51), Andrew Molera (81), Pfeiffer Big Sur (85) beaches/crowds Public Santa Cruz Main Beach (34), Capitola (30), Lover’s (58) Point Windsurfing Creek (20), Scott (22) Swimming/paddling city beaches (30, “Main” 34, 58, 69); the stretch between New Brighton and Seacliff (27); Wm. R. Hearst Memorial State Beach (98) Surfing (8), Pacifica Francisco) (10), Half Moon Bay break- water (14), Mavericks (13), Año (EXPERTS ONLY) Creek Nuevo (18), Waddell (20), Scotts Creek (22), Steamer Lane (39), Cowell’s Beach (36), Pleasure (38), Capitola (30), Point Moss Landing (47), Carmel Beach (73), Andrew Molera (83) Fitzgerald Santa Cruz Half Moon Bay Point Año Nuevo Point Tidepools (11,13), Marine Reserve Año Nuevo (18), Natural Grove Bridges (40), Pacific shorelines (58, 59, 61), (71), Carmel Point (55) Pinos Point Dunes Creek (20), (18), Waddell beaches between Pajaro and Moss Landing (45), Salinas River Mouth (51), Ft. Ord to Monterey (56) Wetlands Lagoon (2), Rodeo Marsh (12), Point Pillar Marsh Natural Pescadero (16), Elkhorn Preserve Slough (46); also at the mouths of the San Lorenzo (44), Salinas (33), Pajaro (52), Carmel (73), and Big Sur rivers (82), and Limekiln (90) and Salmon creeks (94) Wharves Municipal Wharf (37), Capitola Wharf (30), Monterey Municipal Wharf (67) Harbors (12), Santa Point) (Pillar Cruz (31), Moss Landing (50), Monterey (64) POINTS OF INTEREST Elkhorn Slough Salinas River State Beach Greyhound Beach Rock Pigeon Point Pigeon Pescadero Marsh Pescadero Natural Preserve Point Montara Point Point Bonita Point Fitzgerald Marine Reserve For information about the sanctuary area above Año Nuevo Point, call (650) 712-8909 For information about the sanctuary area below Año Nuevo Point, call (831) 647-4201

6 Field Guide to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Moonstone Beach Wm. R. Hearst Memorial State Beach Ragged Point Ragged Gorda Sand Dollar Beach Andrew Molera State Park Pfeiffer Beach Monterey Big Sur Miles 4,000 Carmel Pacific Grove Hurricane Point Chad King - NOAA/MBNMS 0 Pebble Beach Pebble Point of Interest National Marine Sanctuary Legend 5 bathymetry (feet) elevation (feet) bathymetry # -12,000 01020 ! Parks and Beaches Parks Fitzgerald Marine Reserve (11, 13), Half Moon Bay State Beach (14), and State Park Pescadero Point Marsh (16), Pigeon Light Station (17), Año (19), Nuevo State Reserve State Park Wilder Ranch (25), Natural Bridges State Beach (40), Lighthouse (43), Seacliff State Point Beach (29), Moss Landing Beach (47), Marina State Beach (53), Monterey State Beach (69), Monterey State (68), Lovers Historic Park Pinos (58), Point Point Lighthouse (55), Asilomar State Beach (59), Carmel Lobos Beach (73), Point (74), State Reserve (76), Garrapata State Park Andrew Molera State Park (83), Julia Pfeiffer Burns (87), Sand Dollar State Park Area (92), Ragged Picnic Piedras (95), Point Point Blancas (96), William Hearst Memorial Randolph State Beach (98), San (97). Simeon State Park Gulf Depending on Offshore birds and marine mammals season (see wildlife viewing calendar on page 8) you may see blue whales, humpback whales, killer whales (orcas), common dolphins, pacific white- sided dolphins, Dall’s por- poises, bottlenose dolphins, and any number of sea birds including albatross and shearwaters. Interpretive Centers National of the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Visitor Center (6), Año Nuevo State (19), Wilder Ranch Reserve (25), Seymour State Park Marine Discovery Center at UCSC’s Long Marine Laboratory (26), Natural Bridges State Beach (40), and Lighthouse Point Surfing Museum (43), Santa Cruz Wharf (37), Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History (32), Elkhorn Slough National Reserve Estuarine Research (46), Monterey State and Maritime Historic Park Museum (68), Monterey Bay Aquarium (62), Grove Museum of Pacific Natural History (60), Point Lighthouse (55), Pinos Lobos State Reserve Point Blancas Piedras (74), Point (96), William Randolph Hearst Memorial State Beach (98), San Simeon (97). State Park Elkhorn Watch gray whales Watch Marin Headlands (3), Monterey Harbor Birds Marsh (12), Point Pillar Marsh Preserve Pescadero (16), Año Nuevo (18), Moss Landing/Elkhorn Slough (49), Carmel River (72), Lobos (74), Point (77). Soberanes Point California sea lions 39 in San Francisco Pier (5), “seal rocks” in San (near the Cliff Francisco House) (7) and Santa Cruz (41), (Lighthouse Point) Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf (37), breakwater (66). Harbor seals Slough (48), Ocean View Grove (61), Blvd. in Pacific offshore rocks along Big Sur coast (84). Northern elephant seals Año Nuevo State Reserve Blancas (96). (19), Piedras Southern sea otters Cliff Drive (35), West (63), Cannery Row Lobos (74), 17-Mile Point forests from Drive (70), kelp Santa Cruz to Cambria (75). Whales migrate (Dec.-Jan. and early March) from cliffs and coastal promontories at: (along the San Point Pigeon Mateo coast) (17), Davenport (23), Monterey Lobos) (Point Peninsula Sur (80). (74), and Point POINTS OF INTEREST, cont.

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