Monterey County
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.Tap on the map to travel |
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Salinas
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Salinas is in California, 20 minutes inland from Monterey Bay in a region known as the Central Coast.
Carmel
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Carmel-by-the-Sea, often called just Carmel, is a beautiful oceanside town on California's Highway 1, complete with dramatic views, white beaches, friendly locals and great food.
Destinations
King City
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King City is a city in the central region of California between San Jose and San Luis Obispo.
Seaside
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Seaside is a city in Monterey County in the Central Coast region of California.
Carmel Valley
Carmel Valley is a small town located inland from Carmel-by-the-Sea, in Monterey County, California, United States.Moss Landing
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Moss Landing is a tiny town on the Monterey Bay in California's Central Coast.
Monterey County
- Type: County with 439,000 residents
- Description: county in California, United States
- Neighbors: Fresno County, Kings County, San Benito County, San Luis Obispo County and Santa Cruz County
- Categories: county of California and locality
- Location: Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
36.2231° or 36° 13' 23" northLongitude of center
-121.3877° or 121° 23' 16" westPopulation
439,000Elevation
1,175 feet (358 metres)OpenStreetMap ID
node 2663660303OpenStreetMap Feature
place=countyGeoNames ID
5374376Wikidata ID
Q108072Monterey County Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Monterey County
- Albanian: Monterey County
- Arabic: Condado han Monterey, California
- Arabic: مقاطعة مونتيري
- Arabic: مقاطعه مونتيري، كاليفورنيا
- Armenian: Մոնտերե շրջան
- Asturian: Monterey (condáu)
- Asturian: condáu de Monterey
- Azerbaijani: Monterey
- Azerbaijani: Monterey qraflığı
- Basque: Monterey konderria (Kalifornia)
- Basque: Monterey konderria
- Bavarian: Monterey County, Kalifornien
- Bavarian: Monterey County
- Belarusian: Мантэрэй (акруга, Каліфорнія)
- Belarusian: Мантэрэй
- Belarusian: акруга Мантэрэй
- Bishnupriya: মোন্টোরি কাউন্টি, ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া
- Bishnupriya: মোন্টোরি কাউন্টি
- Bulgarian: Монтерей
- Catalan: Comtat de Monterey
- Catalan: comtat de Monterey
- Cebuano: Monterey County
- Central Kurdish: شارستانی مۆنتری، کالیفۆرنیا
- Chechen: Монтерей
- Chinese: Monterey Kūn
- Chinese: 滿地利縣
- Chinese: 蒙特利.
- Chinese: 蒙特瑞縣
- Chinese: 蒙特瑞郡
- Chinese: 蒙特雷县
- Chinese: 蒙特雷縣
- Chinese: 蒙特雷郡
- Czech: Monterey County
- Danish: Monterey County
- Dutch: Monterey County
- English: Monterey
- English: Monterey County, CA
- English: Monterey County, California
- Esperanto: Kantono Monterey
- Esperanto: kantono Monterey
- Esperanto: kantono Montoreĝo (Monterey)
- Esperanto: kantono Montoreĝo
- Estonian: Monterey maakond
- Finnish: Montereyn piirikunta
- French: Comté de Monterey
- French: comté de Monterey
- Georgian: მონტერეის ოლქი
- German: Monterey County
- Greek: κομητεία Μοντερέι
- Hebrew: מחוז מונטריי
- Hungarian: Monterey megye
- Irish: Contae Monterey, California
- Italian: Contea di Monterey
- Italian: Monterey County
- Italian: contea di Monterey
- Japanese: 1位
- Japanese: モントレイ郡
- Japanese: モントレー・カウンティ
- Japanese: モントレー郡
- Korean: 몬터레이군
- Latin: Monterey Comitatus
- Latin: Montis Regis Comitatus
- Limburgan: Monterey County
- Low German: Monterey County
- Malayalam: മോണ്ടെറി കൗണ്ടി
- Marathi: माँटेरे काउंटी, कॅलिफोर्निया
- Marathi: माँटेरे काउंटी
- Min Nan Chinese: Monterey Kūn
- Navajo: Áshįįh Áłtsʼíísí Bił Hahoodzo
- Northern Frisian: Monterey County (California)
- Northern Frisian: Monterey County
- Norwegian: Monterey County
- Norwegian Bokmål: Monterey County
- Occitan (post 1500): Comtat de Monterey
- Pampanga: Monterey County, California
- Pampanga: Monterey County
- Persian: شهرستان مونتری
- Persian: شهرستان مونتری، کالیفرنیا
- Polish: Hrabstwo Monterey
- Portuguese: Condado de Monterey
- Romanian: Comitatul Monterey, California
- Romanian: Comitatul Monterey
- Romanian: Monterey County
- Russian: Монтерей
- Sardinian: contea de Monterey
- Serbian: Monterey County
- Serbian: Okrug Monterej
- Serbian: Монтереј
- Serbian: Округ Монтереј
- Serbo-Croatian: Monterey County, California
- Serbo-Croatian: Monterey County
- Spanish: Condado de Monterey (California)
- Spanish: Condado de Monterrey
- Spanish: Monterey County
- Spanish: Monterey County California
- Spanish: Monterrey
- Swedish: Monterey County
- Tagalog: Kondado ng Monterey, California
- Tagalog: Monterey County
- Tatar: Монтерей (округ, Калифорния)
- Tatar: Монтерей
- Tumbuka: Monterey County, California
- Turkish: Monterey County
- Turkish: Monterey bölgesi
- Turkish: Monterey İlçesi, Kaliforniya
- Ukrainian: Монтерей
- Ukrainian: Монтеррей
- Urdu: مونٹیری کاؤنٹی، کیلیفورنیا
- Vietnamese: Quận Monterey
- Waray (Philippines): Condado han Monterey
- Welsh: Monterey County, Califfornia
- Welsh: Monterey County
- Western Panjabi: مونٹیری کاؤنٹی
- Wu Chinese: 蒙特雷县
- Yue Chinese: 滿地利縣
- Quận Monterey, California
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