Explore Monterey | Pebble Beach

The Monterey Peninsula attracts year-round visitors from across the country and around the world. Visitors enjoy such famous area attractions as 17-Mile Drive, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Big Sur, Cannery Row, Monterey Bay Aquarium and Carmel Mission, along with whale watching and special events.

Daytime temperatures on the Monterey Peninsula range from 50-75 degrees year-round and vary throughout the day. Mornings can be foggy, and afternoons are frequently balmy. It is best to dress in layers and to carry a water-resistant wind shirt or jacket. Note that it rarely rains between April and October.

Technically, Pebble Beach is not a city at all, but rather a corporation owned by the Pebble Beach Company. Residents therefore pay homeowners' fees for road maintenance as well as Monterey County property taxes. The community's post office is named Pebble Beach, but the U.S. Census Bureau regards the land as part of the larger census-designated place of Del Monte Forest.

The area is also partly administrated by the Del Monte Forest Foundation, a non-profit organization designated by Monterey County and the California Coastal Commission, and comprising a volunteer board of 12 members working to preserve the open space within the Del Monte Forest. Except for two representatives of the Pebble Beach Company, all must be property owners and residents of the Forest.