Monterey County (California) - Wink Travel Guide
By Wink Travel guide
- Release Date: 2019-10-20
- Genre: Travel & Adventure
Description
Monterey County contains a sizable part of the Central Coast of California and the southern half of Monterey Bay.
The area is known for its wildlife and rugged coastline, much of it protected in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the largest US national marine sanctuary and home to a fantastic number of mammals, seabirds, fishes, invertebrates and plants.
While best known for the wild coastline of Big Sur and the historic Monterey Bay, Monterey County includes the rugged Coastal Range and the inland corridor of U.S. Highway 101. Wine tourism is popular in the Salinas Valley around Salinas and in the Carmel Valley area.
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