Salinas Recreation Center

Salinas Recreation Center is a park in Monterey County, Central Coast, California. Salinas Recreation Center is situated near the suburb Oldtown Salinas, as well as near the neighborhood Chinatown.

Places of Interest

Highlights: John Steinbeck Library and Monterey County Courthouse.

John Steinbeck Library

Library

The John Steinbeck Library is a public library in Salinas, California, United States. The library was named after writer John Steinbeck in 1969. The library held the Steinbeck archives until 1998 when they were transferred to the new National Steinbeck Center.

Monterey County Courthouse

Courthouse

Photo: Coasttocoast, Public domain.

The Monterey County Court House is the court house for Monterey County in Salinas, California, United States.

John Steinbeck House

Museum

Photo: Googie man, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The John Steinbeck House is a historic house restaurant and house museum in Salinas, California. The house was the birthplace and family home of author John Steinbeck.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salinas and Boronda.

Salinas

Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Salinas is in California, 20 minutes inland from Monterey Bay in a region known as the Central Coast. Salinas was the home of writer and Nobel Prize laureate John Steinbeck. It claims to be the "Salad Bowl of the World."…

Boronda

Locality

Boronda is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Monterey County, California, United States. The population was 1,760 at the 2020 census. Boronda is situated 2 miles northwest of Salinas Recreation Center.

Spreckels

Hamlet

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Spreckels is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the Salinas Valley of Monterey County, California, United States. Spreckels is located 3 miles south of Salinas, at an elevation of 62 ft. Spreckels is situated 3½ miles south of Salinas Recreation Center.

Salinas Recreation Center

Type: Park
Description: park in the United States of America
Category: recreation area
Location: Monterey County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.67226° or 36° 40′ 20″ north

Longitude

-121.65692° or 121° 39′ 25″ west

Elevation

52 feet (16 metres)

Open location code

848WM8CV+W6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358849622

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

5391312

Wikidata ID

Q49556414

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Salinas Recreation Center” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Salinas Recreation Center”
Spanish: “Centro Recreativo de Salinas”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Oldtown Salinas and Chinatown.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Monterey County Works Salinas Career Center and First United Methodist Church.

Monterey County: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Salinas and Monterey.

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