Quarry Park

Quarry Park is a park in Monterey County, Central Coast, California. Quarry Park is situated nearby to Via Paraiso Park, as well as near Veterans Memorial Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monterey Museum of Art and Colton Hall.

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. Monterey Museum of Art is situated 4,000 feet east of Quarry Park.

Colton Hall

Museum

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Colton Hall is a government building and museum in Monterey, California, United States. It was built in 1847–49 by Walter Colton, who arrived in Monterey as the chaplain on Commodore Robert F. Colton Hall is situated 3,700 feet east of Quarry Park.

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. Old Custom House is situated 1 mile northeast of Quarry Park.

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.