Kissing Rock
Kissing Rock is in Monterey County, Central Coast, California. Kissing Rock is situated nearby to Esplanade Park, as well as near the golf course Pacific Grove Golf Links.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pacific Grove Golf Links and Point Piños Light Station.
Pacific Grove Golf Links
Golf course
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pacific Grove Golf Links is a public 18-hole golf course owned by the city of Pacific Grove, California. Originally designed by Chandler Egan in 1932, the first nine holes are laid out through the forested areas of Pacific Grove. Pacific Grove Golf Links is situated 1,900 feet southwest of Kissing Rock.
Point Piños Light Station
Lighthouse
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Point Pinos Lighthouse is an operational lighthouse located in Monterey Bay, Pacific Grove, California, United States. Originally lit on February 1, 1855, it remains an active United States Coast Guard aid to navigation, and is the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the West Coast of the United States. Point Piños Light Station is situated 2,800 feet west of Kissing Rock.
Lover’s Point
Scenic viewpoint
Lover’s Point is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 4,000 feet southeast of Kissing Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pacific Grove and New Monterey.
Pacific Grove
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.
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. New Monterey is situated 2 miles southeast of Kissing Rock.
Monterey
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.
Kissing Rock
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Category: tourism
- Location: Monterey County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.63484° or 36° 38′ 5″ northLongitude
-121.92445° or 121° 55′ 28″ westOpen location code
848WJ3MG+W6OpenStreetMap ID
node 9201837358OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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