The Neighborhood
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LOCATION
Pacific Grove is located on the Central California coast, on the tip of the
Monterey Peninsula, 125 miles south of San Francisco, and 334 miles north of
Los Angeles, and 23 miles west of the county seat, Salinas.
It is bounded on the north by Monterey Bay, on the east by Monterey, on the
south by Pebble Beach, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
TRANSPORTATION
The Monterey Peninsula Airport is located 8 miles from Pacific Grove. It features
service from San Francisco or Los Angeles. Taxi service is available from the airport.
CLIMATE
Average Annual Mean Temp: 56.5 degrees
Annual Rainfall: 18.52" average
Annual Humidity: 68.7%average
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Here are some of our notable neighbors
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Monterey Bay Aquarium
America’s families say the Monterey Bay Aquarium is the best aquarium in the
United States and the third top rated overall family attraction in the country,
according to the first-ever Zagat Survey® U.S. Family Travel Guide.
“One would have to be a very cold fish not to love the best aquarium in our
Survey. Beautifully set on California’s rocky, gorgeous coast within 30 miles
of Big Sur and Carmel (and near historic locale Cannery Row), it’s a favorite
for a fantastic family outing thanks to stunning exhibits ranging from touch
pools for toddlers to big shark tanks. With so much to enjoy, your biggest
challenge may be getting the children away from the sea otters to see the rest
of the fabulous displays. Just outside, you can watch sea lions, whales and
other ocean dwellers in their natural habitat.”
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Cannery Row
John Steinbeck used real people and places as models for his 1945 novel,
Cannery Row. You are standing in the middle of the novel’s setting as
depicted in the aerial photograph. The Wing Chong Market was a Chinese
grocery and dry-goods store, and the La Ida Cafe was where Eddie the
part-time bar tender poured leftover drinks in a jug for Mack and the
boys. The Western Biological Laboratory was Doc’s house and lab . The Bear
Flag Restaurant was the bordello operated by Dora Flood (Lone Star Cafe
of Flora Woods), and the Palace Flophouse was home to Mack and the boys.
The “chicken walk” was a cleated ramp up the embankment from the railroad
tracks. The “vacant lot” was filled with pipes, boilers, and cast-off
cannery equipment.
Today, shopping on Cannery Row is an ocean-view treasure hunt that invites
you to lose yourself in an eclectic blend of specialty shops and national
brands.
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Monterey Penninsula Golf
With storied courses like Pebble Beach, Cypress Point, and Spanish Bay,
the Monterey Peninsula is hardly in need of a wordy introduction. What
many golfers don't realize is that the "MP" plays host to a handful of
bargain tracks with exceptional scenery and solid design, case in point
being the venerable Pacific Grove Municipal course.
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