Sea Lion Rocks

Sea Lion Rocks is an island in Monterey County, Central Coast, California. Sea Lion Rocks is situated nearby to the hamlet Carmel Highlands, as well as near Carmel Meadows.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tor House and Hawk Tower.

Tor House and Hawk Tower

House

Photo: CelesteDavison, Public domain.

Tor House and Hawk Tower is the historic home in Carmel Point, California, of poet Robinson Jeffers and his family from 1919 until 1999. Here Jeffers wrote all his major works of poetry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carmel and Pebble Beach.

Carmel

Photo: Cahuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Carmel-by-the-Sea, often called just Carmel, is a beautiful oceanside town on California's Highway 1, complete with dramatic views, white beaches, friendly locals and great food.

Pebble Beach is an unincorporated community on the Monterey Peninsula in Monterey County, California, United States. The small coastal residential community of mostly single-family homes is also notable as a resort destination, and the home of the golf courses of Cypress Point Club, Monterey Peninsula Country Club, and Pebble Beach Golf Links.

Del Monte Forest

Village

Del Monte Forest is a census-designated place in Monterey County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a total population of 4,204, down from 4,514 at the 2010 census. Del Monte Forest is situated 5 miles north of Sea Lion Rocks.

Sea Lion Rocks

Type: Island
Also known as: “Seal Rocks”, “Whalers Rock”, and “Whalers Rocks”
Categories: locality and landform
Location: Monterey County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.51663° or 36° 30′ 60″ north

Longitude

-121.9594° or 121° 57′ 34″ west

Elevation

-13 feet (-4 metres)

Open location code

848WG28R+M6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358795660

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

5394060

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