{"id":3290,"date":"2009-07-03T11:44:45","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T19:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=3290"},"modified":"2009-07-03T11:52:14","modified_gmt":"2009-07-03T19:52:14","slug":"best-day-hikes-in-monterey-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2009\/07\/03\/best-day-hikes-in-monterey-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Best day hikes in Monterey County"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width:250px; float:right; margin-left:14px; margin:bottom:14px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/busybeingborn\/1401731673\/\" title=\"Point Lobos, in a nutshell by busybeingborn, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1309\/1401731673_cb2f6acdc6_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Point Lobos, in a nutshell\" \/><\/a> <small>Point Lobos State Preserve<\/small> <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seemonterey.com\/top-day-hikes-monterey-county\">Seemonterery.com suggests nine worth tramping.<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Frankly you cannot go wrong on any of the hikes along the Pacific Coast from Monterey down deep into Big Sur. I&#8217;ve done Point Lobos a few times, and camped out one night at Andrew Molera State Park. Truly gorgeous, though crowded on the weekends. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A few samplings from the See Monterey blog post:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seemonterey.com\/carmel-by-the-sea-california\/point-lobos-state-natural-reserve-carmel-california\"><b>Point Lobos State Reserve<\/b><\/a>: This beautiful promontory has been called &#8220;the crown jewel of the State Park system.&#8221; It&#8217;s also an inviting hiking spot, with convenient trails that allow hikers to go for short scenic walks or long traipses.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I always advise folks to find a weekday, or as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gdanmitchell.com\/2008\/12\/26\/twilight-point-lobos\">Dan Mitchell found out once<\/a>, stop by just before sunset, after the folks have bailed. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seemonterey.com\/salinas-california\/toro-park-salinas-california\"><b>Toro Park<\/b><\/a>: If you&#8217;re looking for a strenuous climb with a great view, try Toro Park&#8217;s Ollason Peak. It&nbsp; provides sweeping views of Monterey Bay and the Salinas Valley, and in the right season abounds with wildflowers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The best high-up views south of Monterey let you see the curvature of California&#8217;s coastline &#8212; you can actually match the landscape to mental images of how the state looks on a map. I doubt there are many more places in the United States where you can do this.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind it starts getting hot really fast when you stray far from the coast in the summertime. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hikinginbigsur.com\/\">Hiking Big Sur<\/a> is another excellent resource.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related posts:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2009\/06\/26\/where-do-you-hike-when-its-really-hot\/\">Where do you hike when it&#8217;s really hot?<\/a> From last Friday.<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2005\/07\/10\/big-sur-for-sure\/\">Bur Sur, for sure. <\/a> (My camp-out at Andrew Molera State Park, summer 2005.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2007\/09\/18\/point-lobos-on-a-weekday-in-mid-september\/\">Point Lobos on a weekday in mid-September. <\/a> Short hikes and nature gawking, 2007.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Point Lobos State Preserve Seemonterery.com suggests nine worth tramping. Frankly you cannot go wrong on any of the hikes along the Pacific Coast from Monterey down deep into Big Sur. I&#8217;ve done Point Lobos a few times, and camped out&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2009\/07\/03\/best-day-hikes-in-monterey-county\/\">Read the whole thing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[108],"tags":[378],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3290"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3290"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3301,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3290\/revisions\/3301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}