Sights in Pacific Grove
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Oceanview Blvd
Appropriately named Oceanview Blvd affords fine views from Lover's Point west to Point Pinos. Here the road becomes the again appropriately named Sunset Dr with numerous turn-outs where you can enjoy the pounding surf, rocky outcrops and teaming tidal pools. The entire route is great for walking or cycling and many think it surpasses the 17-Mile Drive for beauty.
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Monarch Sanctuary
If you're in town during monarch season (roughly October to March), the best place to see them cluster by the millions is at the Monarch Sanctuary, a grove of pines on Ridge Rd off Lighthouse Ave (follow the signs). Note that one of the trees fell in 2004 crushing a tourist and the entire grove has become a center of controversy.
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Point Pinos Lighthouse
At the northwestern end of Lighthouse Ave, on the tip of the Monterey Peninsula, you'll find Point Pinos Lighthouse, the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the West Coast. It's been warning ships off this hazardous point since 1855. Inside are exhibits on its history and its failures: local shipwrecks.
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Museum of Natural History
Fronted by a sculpture of a gray whale, the Museum of Natural History has some old-fashioned exhibits about Big Sur, sea otters and the omnipresent monarch butterflies.
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