McWay Rocks

McWay Rocks is an islet in Monterey County, Central Coast, California. McWay Rocks is situated nearby to the locality Eleanor Vernon Hamilton Grove, as well as near Anderson Landing.

Places of Interest

Highlights include McWay Falls.

Waterfall

McWay Falls is an 80-foot-tall waterfall on the coast of Big Sur in central California that flows year-round from McWay Creek in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, about 37 miles south of Carmel, into the Pacific Ocean.

Nearby places include Slates Hot Springs.

Hamlet

Slates Hot Springs is the site of a hot spring in the Big Sur region of Monterey County, California. It is located 8 miles north-northwest of Lopez Point, at an elevation of 118 feet. Slates Hot Springs is situated 3½ miles southeast of McWay Rocks.

Type: Islet
Description: island in Monterey County, California, United States
Categories: island, locality, and landform
Location: Monterey County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.16303° or 36° 9′ 47″ north

Longitude

-121.67884° or 121° 40′ 44″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

848W587C+6F

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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