Sunset
Sunset is a suburb in Monterey County, Central Coast, California. Sunset is situated nearby to the locality Alisal Sanitary District Treatment Plant, as well as near the neighborhood Chinatown.Places of Interest
Highlights include Salinas Municipal Airport and National Steinbeck Center.
Salinas Municipal Airport
Aerodrome
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Salinas Municipal Airport, commonly referred to as Salinas Airport, is an airport in Monterey County, California, United States, three miles southeast of Downtown Salinas. Salinas Municipal Airport is situated 1½ miles southeast of Sunset.
National Steinbeck Center
Museum
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The National Steinbeck Center is a museum and memorial dedicated to the author John Steinbeck, located at the California State University, Monterey Bay at Salinas City Center building at One Main Street in Salinas, California, the town where Steinbeck grew up.
John Steinbeck House
Museum
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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
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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 2½ miles northwest of Sunset.
Spreckels
Locality
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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 Sunset.
Sunset
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Monterey County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.67415° or 36° 40′ 27″ northLongitude
-121.63338° or 121° 38′ 0″ westOpen location code
848WM9F8+MJOpenStreetMap ID
node 13556714235OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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