Lower Presidio Historic Park

Lower Presidio Historic Park is a park in Monterey County, Central Coast, California. Lower Presidio Historic Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood New Monterey, as well as near the suburb Del Monte.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Old Custom House and Monterey Museum of Art.

Old Custom House

Museum

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The Old Custom House is the oldest surviving government building in California, built in 1827 by Mexican authorities in Monterey, then the capital of Alta California.

Monterey Museum of Art

Museum

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The Monterey Museum of Art an art museum located in Monterey, California. It was founded in 1959 as a chapter of the American Federation of Arts. The Monterey Museum of Art's mission is to engage the community and celebrate the diversity of California art--past, present, and future, with painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed media from the nineteenth century to the present day.

Josiah Merritt Adobe

Historic building

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The Josiah Merritt Adobe, located at 386 Pacific St. in Monterey, California and also known as Merritt House, is a historic house that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monterey and New Monterey.

Monterey

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Monterey is a city in the Monterey County area of Monterey Bay in California. Monterey is one of the more beautiful coastal cities of California, and then a historic city can make for a great two-day trip for those visiting San Francisco or a weekend getaway for California natives.

New Monterey

Neighborhood

New Monterey is a neighborhood of Monterey, California. Formerly, it was an unincorporated community that was later incorporated in the city of Monterey.

Pacific Grove

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Pacific Grove is in Monterey County in the Central Coast region of California. It is next to the Pacific Ocean on Monterey Bay just west of the city of Monterey.

Lower Presidio Historic Park

Type: Park
Also known as: “Presidio of Monterey”
Location: Monterey County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.6068° or 36° 36′ 25″ north

Longitude

-121.89719° or 121° 53′ 50″ west

Elevation

92 feet (28 metres)

Open location code

848WJ443+P4

GeoNames ID

5384868

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Del Monte and Pacific Grove Acres.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Presidio of Monterey Museum and Serra Monument.

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