Local Events and Information:
City of Pacific Grove: Additional information on website such as special events and attractions (i.e., parks, museums, golf and the monarch sanctuary).
Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce: Check out their website for Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce for additional information such as visitor information, attractions/recreation and special events.
Pacific Grove-General:
Pacific Grove is a coastal town (elevation 154 feet or 47 m.) covering approximately 4 square miles (10.3 km.) in Monterrey County, California, USA, with a total population of 15,522 as of the 2000 census.
Pacific Grove is known for its Victorian homes, Asilomar State Beach, its artistic legacy and the annual migration of the Monarch butterflies. The city is endowed with more Victorian houses per capita than anywhere else in America; some of them have been turned into bed and breakfast inns.
The city is also known as the location of the Point Pinos Lighthouse, the oldest continuously-operating lighthouse on the West Coast, Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, located in the historic downtown, and the Stowitts Museum & Library.
Pacific Grove-History:
Pacific Grove as its shape is known today began in 1875 as a summer Methodist camp, where hundreds assembled to worship amid rough tents. In time, the butterflies, fragrant pines and fresh sea air brought others to the Pacific Grove Retreat to rest and meditate. Pacific Grove, like Carmel-by-the-Sea and Monterrey, became an artists' haven in the 1890s and subsequent period. Artists of the En plein air school in both Europe and the United States were seeking an outdoor venue which had natural beauty, so that Pacific Grove was a magnet for this movement.
Golf:
Pacific Grove Golf Links (.8 mi): 77 Asilomar Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA;
Oceans 18 Miniature Golf (.9 mi): 1250 Oceanview Blvd., Pacific Grove, CA;
Poppy Hills Golf Course (5.6 mi): 3200 Lopez Road, Pebble Beach, CA;
Spyglass Hills Golf Course (6.9 mi): Spyglass Hill Rd. & Stevenson, Pebble Beach, CA;
Pebble Beach Lodge & Golf Course (7 mi): 1700 17 Mile Drive, Pebble Beach, CA;
Quail Lodge & Golf Course (10.4): 8205 Valley Greens Drive, Carmel, CA;
Carmel Valley Ranch Golf Course (13.1): 1 Old Ranch Road, Carmel, CA.
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