17-Mile Drive

The 17 Mile Drive is a road near Monterey in California, which runs between Pebble Beach and the Del Monte Forest ( a cypress forest ). Takes you past famous golf courses and villas and is an attraction for many tourists. It is also the main road through the gated community of Pebble Beach. Just as the community is also the road owned by the Pebble Beach Company, a fee of $ 9.75 for using the road: rises (April 2013). For residents and their guests and admission is free; as well as for cyclists and pedestrians. Motorcycles must not be driven into the street.

History

In 1602, Spanish explorers discovered the Monterey Peninsula and charted it.

Samuel Finley Brown Morse (1886-1969), who was a distant cousin of Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) and the Del Monte Forest managed, founder of Pebble Beach Company and in the early 20th century Manager for the Pacific Improvement was Company. The company had extensive real estate investments on the Monterey Peninsula. Morse also founded the Pebble Beach Company. Morse said that the main purpose of the Company would be the preservation of the coast and the forest.

In 1916, Morse entered into a contract with Jack Neville and Douglas Grant, to design the Pebble Beach Golf Links. A year later, work began on the course of the golf links. Two years later, in 1919, the Left has been open to the public.

In 1929 was the first national tournament - the U.S. Amateur Championships - held at Pebble Beach. In 1972, the first U.S. Open at Pebble Beach were held.

Attractions

There are 21 interesting points on the track, which can be approached by visitors:

  • Shepherd's Knoll: This is a lookout point over Monterey Bay and the Santa Cruz mountains.
  • Huckleberry Hill: The hill was named after the many blueberry bushes. He is also one of the highest elevations in the Del Monte Forest.
  • Poppy Hills Golf Course: He is one of three golf courses during the AT & T National Pro - Am.
  • The Inn & Links at Spanish Bay: The hotel complex was built in 1987 by the Pebble Beach Company and is focused on the night of golfers.
  • Spanish Bay: This is the place where his crew Don Gaspar de Potola and camped in 1769 than they were in search of Montery Bay.
  • The Restless Sea
  • Point Joe: The first sailors clashed with the rock at that point together since they were in the faith, this would be the entrance to Monterey Bay.
  • China Rock: Here and at Point Joe, Chinese fishermen built their accommodation on the rocks.
  • Bird Rock Hunt Couse: The place was once famous for hunting and equestrian competitions in obstacle riding.
  • Bird Rock: In spring and summer, the rock is inhabited by Numerous cormorants, gulls and pelicans.
  • Seal Rock Picnic Area
  • Spyglass Hill Golf Course: The golf course was designed by Robert Trent Jones and takes its name from the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.
  • Fans Light Overlook: At this point, every spring gather several seals give birth to their young.
  • Cypress Point Overlook: For over 100 years this is the preferred location for a look at the Pacific coast.
  • Crocker Grove: In this forest there are many species of pine and cypress
  • The Lone Cypress: For about 250 years, the " Lone Cypress " on the rock and resists the Pacific storms. However, fences and cables were built to protect. The tree is the symbol of Pebble Beach Company.
  • The Ghost Tree: This Monterey Cypress has a white trunk by the wind and the water.
  • Pescadero Point
  • Peter Hay Par -3 Golf Course and 100th U.S. Open 2000 Pebble Beach Monument: The artist Richard MacDonald created a 11.2 ton bronze sculpture, dedicated to the 100th U.S. Open 2000 at Pebble Beach.
  • Pebble Beach Equestrian Center: Here are several equestrian events held every year.
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