Point Lobos

Point Lobos State Natural Reserve
Point Lobos State Natural Reserve
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
	File:Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos, CA, US - May 2013.jpg Looking north over Whaler's Cove, the largest of a number of coves in Point Lobos, and the location of Whalers Cabin.
Location	Monterey County, California, United States
Nearest city	Carmel-by-the-Sea
Area	550 acres (220 ha) onshore;; 775 acres (314 ha) offshore

Point Lobos and the Point Lobos State Natural Reserve is a state park in California. Next to Point Lobos is "one of the richest marine habitats in California."^[1] The ocean habitat is protected by two marine protected areas, the Point Lobos State Marine Reserve and Point Lobos State Marine Conservation Area. The sea near Point Lobos is considered one of the best locations for scuba diving on the Monterey Peninsula and along the California coast.^[1]

Point Lobos Media

CypressCoveTrail.jpg

Along the Cypress Cove Trail, Point Lobos State Park
Point Lobos 17.jpg

Rock formations at Point Lobos State Reserve, near Monterey, California.* * California coastal sage and chaparral habitat flora.
Pt. Lobos labyrinth.jpg

Tafoni, Pt. Lobos labyrinth, California
Pt. Lobos flower tower.jpg

Wildflowers at Pt. Lobos, 2006
Western gull at S Shore Trail
Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt's Cormorant) colony, Point Lobos - Diliff.jpg

Brandt's cormorant colony
Larus occidentalis (Western Gull), Point Lobos, CA, US - May 2013.jpg

A Larus occidentalis (Western gull) at Point Lobos State Reserve near Monterey, California, United States
Whalers Cabin.jpg

Whalers Cabin was built around 1850 as a fisherman's hut
Monterey Cypress Tree in Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, CA (July 2023).jpg

Monterey cypress tree next to Whalers Cabin

Related pages

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Fantastic Diving | Point Lobos Foundation". pointlobos-org.cftvgy.org. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

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[divingfdn-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Fantastic Diving | Point Lobos Foundation". pointlobos-org.cftvgy.org. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

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