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    • Habitats Overview
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      • Coastal Scrub
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    • Bird Island
    • Cabin
    • Carmelo Meadow
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    • Mound Meadow
    • North Shore
    • Pine Ridge
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    • Whalers Knoll
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  • At Weston Beach in Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, powerful waves crash against jagged rock formations along the shoreline, sending white spray high into the air as turquoise water churns around the rugged coast.

    Marine

  • Point Lobos State Natural Reserve Wildflowers

    Terrestrial

  • At Weston Beach in Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, a small shore crab hides in a narrow crevice between tide pool rocks, surrounded by barnacles, mussels, and weathered, multicolored stone textures.

    Rocky Shore

  • A quiet sandy beach at low tide curves between rocky cliffs, with gentle waves washing ashore and dark seaweed lines tracing the shoreline beneath a forested bluff.

    Sandy Shore

  • At Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, Bright clusters of orange Indian Paintbrush and yellow Golden Yarrow wildflowers bloom. Photo credit: Charles Schaefer.

    Coastal Scrub

  • A coyote hunts in a coastal prairie, pausing mid-step with ears perked and head lowered, surrounded by dry grasses and patches of green shrubs near the forest edge in Point Lobos State Natural Reserve. Photo credit: Horst Mieth..

    Coastal Prairie

  • In the Monterey Pine Forest at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, a small cluster of delicate, pale tan mushrooms with translucent caps grows from the crevices of a fallen tree trunk, their thin stems catching soft light in the forest understory.

    Monterey Pine Forest

  • A group of windswept Monterey cypress trees, at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, with twisting trunks and broad, flat canopies stands against a pale sky, their dense green foliage contrasting with gnarled, weathered branches. Photo credit: Ernie Long.

    Monterey Cypress Forest

  • Photo of Weston Beach at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve

    Intertidal

  • Dark strands of seaweed drift across clear blue water, reflecting sunlit granite cliffs and rocky shoreline in a calm coastal inlet.

    Kelp forest

  • Powerful ocean waves crash against jagged offshore rocks, sending white spray and churning foam across the dark blue water under an open horizon.

    Pelagic

Point Lobos is a State Natural Reserve. Everything here is protected.

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