Point Lobos State Natural Reserve

This beautiful coastal park feels a million miles away from anything tourist-y. Walk a poppy-trimmed path to the tip of the park’s dramatic, limestone point to look down into turquoise-blue water, long bands of bull kelp swaying in the waves. Bring binoculars to scan the water for sea otters, harbor seals, and sea lions, or, further out to sea, look for spouting whales (gray whales December through March; blue whales in summer).

Point Lobos State Natural Reserve Guide: Best Hikes and Views

Point Lobos Loop (Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, CA)

Point Lobos State Natural Reserve

Point Lobos SNR

Point Lobos State Natural Reserve Guide: Best Hikes and Views

Point Lobos - See Dramatic California Coastal Views

Day Hike in Point Lobos State Natural Reserve — Backcountry Emily

Point Lobos State Natural Reserve - Carmel-By-The-Sea CA

Cypress Grove Trail - Point Lobos Foundation

Point Lobos State Natural Reserve - Carmel, California