State Park · California, United States
Asilomar State Beach
Asilomar State Beach is a state park in California, United States, established in 1951.
Photo: Joyce Cory on Flickr as docentjoyce from Los Osos, u.s.a. via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Cropped and resized for display.
Park facts
| Park type | State Park |
|---|---|
| Location | Monterey, California, United States |
| Established | 1951 |
| Coordinates | 36.6200° N, 121.9381° W |
| Managed by | California state park system |
Every fact above is taken from the sources listed below; anything no source states is left blank rather than guessed.
About Asilomar State Beach
Asilomar State Beach, officially Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds State Park, is a state park unit of California, United States. It provides public access to rocky coast and dune habitat on the Monterey Peninsula. The property includes the Asilomar Conference Grounds, a conference center built by the YWCA in 1913 that is now a National Historic Landmark. The 107-acre (43 ha) site is located in Pacific Grove and offers overnight lodging and views of the forest, surf and sand. Asilomar (meaning "Asylum or refuge by the sea" and pronounced a-SIL-o-mar) is a combination of two Spanish words: "asilo" and "mar".
Description from the park's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), linked in the sources below.
Airports near this park
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- Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) · San Jose, United States · 51.3 miles away
- San Francisco International Airport (SFO) · San Francisco, United States · 73.2 miles away
- Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK) · Oakland, United States · 77.6 miles away
Parks nearby
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Asilomar State Beach?
Asilomar State Beach is in California, United States (36.6200° N, 121.9381° W).
When was Asilomar State Beach established?
Asilomar State Beach was established in 1951, per the source listed at the foot of this page.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_California_state_parks — Wikipedia list of California state parks — park name, county/location, size, year where the table states them.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilomar_State_Beach — Wikipedia article — description (CC BY-SA).