17-Mile Drive is a scenic path through Pebble Beach and Pacific Grove at the Monterey Peninsula in California, many of which embrace the Pacific coast and past famous golf courses, mansions and scenic attractions, including Lone Cypress , Bird Rock and 5.00-acre Del Monte Forest of the Monterey Cypress trees.
Drive serves as a main street through the gated community of Pebble Beach. In this community, non-residents have to pay tolls to use the road. Like the community, the majority of 17-Mile Drive is owned and operated by Pebble Beach Corporation. The 17-Mile Drive is a 17-mile (27 km) loop that has four main entrances - the main entrance of the main highway on California State Route 1, and the entrances at Carmel and Pacific Grove.
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Histori
In 1602 the Monterey Peninsula was mapped by Spanish explorers. In 1840 the area now called Pebble Beach was a rancho left behind to widow Carmen Garcia Barreto Maderiaga Maria by her husband. He sold a 4000-acre property for $ 500 in 1846. Ownership passed several times until 1862 when the property was purchased at an auction for 12 cents per acre by David Jacks. At that time, the area was called "Stillwater Cove". Jacks rented land to "Chinese Man Hop Company", a small village with a population of about 30 Chinese fishermen living in huts built over rocky coastlines.
In 1880, Jacks sold the land to the Pacific Improvement Company (PIC), a consortium of The Big Four railroad barons: Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins, Collis Huntington, and Leland Stanford. In 1892, the PIC put down a beautiful path they call 17-Mile Drive, meandering along the beach and between the woodlands between Monterey and Carmel. In a short time, the area became a tourist destination with the construction of Hotel Del Monte.
This hotel is the starting and ending point for 17-Mile Drive, (originally called the 18-mile Drive by the hotel operator). The impetus was offered as a joyful excursion for hotel guests, and meant to attract wealthy buyers of large and beautiful residential plots on the land of PIC. Horseback riding travelers along 17-Mile Drive sometimes stops at Pebble Beach to pick up agate and other rocks polished smoothly by the waves, and they comment on some unusual tree formations known as the Witch Tree and the Ostrich Tree - the latter formed by two leaning trees. At that time, the Chinese fishing community continued to exist despite the growing anti-Chinese sentiment among the Monterey inhabitants of European heritage. On the sidewalk, Chinese-American girls sell polished shells and gravel to the tourists. In the 1900s, cars began to replace horses on 17-Mile Drive, and in 1907 there were only cars. This drive features historical sites, forests, and coastal tourist areas in Reservation Hotel Del Monte Park, as it was known at the time.
Drawn by six horse bays, President Benjamin Harrison boarded the train through reservations in 1891. The coach was adorned with national colors "and the armor on the horse was filled with bunting and roses as far as possible." In the Monterey Cypress newspaper, president Harrison said, "It's a beautiful place, I just wish I could stay here a week." In 1887, the hotel was destroyed by fire and replaced by a new structure. Del Monte Golf Course was added in 1897 as part of the hotel and is currently the oldest operation west of the Mississippi. In 1919, the Los Angeles Times called 17-Mile Drive "one of the greatest wonders of the world."
On February 27, 1919, Samuel Finley Brown Morse formed the Del Monte Properties Company, and gained extensive holdings of the Pacific Improvement Company, which included Del Monte Forest and Hotel Del Monte. The other fire destroyed the structure and was replaced by a third hotel. The new hotel was completed in 1926 and requested by the United States government as a training facility in 1942. After World War II, the Hotel del Monte building and its surrounding land were acquired by the United States Navy for the Naval Graduate School and the building was renamed Herrmann Hall. Del Monte Forest, including the famous 17-Mile Drive, remains under the ownership of Del Monte Properties Company.
On March 30, 1977, the Del Monte Property Company has been reintegrated as Pebble Beach Corporation. In May 1979, 20th Century Fox, then purchased by Marvin Davis, bought Pebble Beach Corporation. When the film company was sold to Rupert Murdoch in 1985, Davis kept some company assets that were not directly related to the film and TV industry, including Pebble Beach Company. In 1990, Davis sold the company to Japanese businessman Minoru Isutani, making it a subsidiary of Japanese resort company Taiheiyo Club Inc. under a parent company called Lone Cypress Company. In 1999 Pebble Beach Company was acquired from Cypress by an investor group led by Clint Eastwood, Arnold Palmer, and Peter Ueberroth.
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Route description
At the northern end, part of the initial route through Pacific Grove begins at the intersection of Del Monte Blvd and Esplanade Street. The famous part of 17-Mile Drive then begins a few miles south of this point. The Highway 68 intersection (Holman Highway/Sunset Drive) and 17-Mile Drive marks the entrance to Pebble Beach.
From Sunset Drive/Pacific Grove gate, travels through the interior of the Gulf of Spain, then adjacent to the beach and up the coastal hills, giving it a beautiful view. This route allows for travel and self-dismissal, with frequent turns along the road at many locations along the route. Without stopping, it takes at least 20 minutes to reach Carmel. The number of turnouts allows a stop to take a picture, or to go out for a walk along the ocean or among the trees. Visitors receive a map showing some of the more beautiful places. In addition, red dotted lines are marked in the center of the main road to guide visitors, and help prevent them from exploring nearby neighborhood streets.
The road provides views of the golf course including Spyglass Hill, Cypress Point, and Pebble Beach. Upon reaching the Carmel Way, and exit to Carmel, 17-Mile Drive then heads northeast to the intersection of Highway 68/Highway 1, where people can exit, or continue along the scenery higher than 17-Mile Drive, some of which offering views of over 600 feet above sea level. The full circle will take you back to the Pacific Grove Gate on Sunset Drive - 17 miles away.
The only public service available at Pebble Beach (gas station, toilets, restaurant) is located at the Inn at Spanish Bay and at Lodge at Pebble Beach; lots of cozy and beautiful places available for picnics. The Spyglass Hills and the Poppy Hills golf course also have a restaurant open to the public.
To move the road section within the fenced community on Pebble Beach, there is an entrance fee of US $ 10.25 (as of April 1, 2017), except for travelers using bicycles. Visitors can recoup if they eat or shop in the community. Residents are not required to pay these fees, as they pay an annual fee (recorded by "Del Monte Forest" placards carried by residents in their vehicles or on their license plates), nor are guests if they are granted access before they are visited by residents or through reservations hotel/restaurant (guard house can call residents or see a list of names). Motorbikes are not allowed.
Attractions of sights
Major attractions include Cypress Point, Bird Rock, Point Joe, Pescadero Point, Fanshell Beach & amp; Seal Point. The famous "Witch Tree" legacy, often used as a scenic backdrop in movies and television, used to be in Pescadero Point. The tree was destroyed by a storm on January 14, 1964. Pescadero Point is also the location of the Ghost Tree, the famous Monterey Cypress tree. The tree gives its name to a dangerous extreme surf spot that is known to have a storm surge. Currently, surfing surf from Ghost Tree is the limit for surfers and boats.
Heads among the beautiful places are Lone Cypress, Monterey fir trees (macrocarpa) which are the official symbols of Pebble Beach and the frequent television broadcasts of this region. In 1990 The Monterey Journal reported that Pebble Beach's lawyer, Kerry C. Smith, said, "The tree image was trademarked by us," and that it was intended to control every display of cypress for commercial use. aim. The company has warned photographers that "they can not even use an existing tree image for commercial purposes." Other legal commentators have questioned Pebble Beach Company's ability to use intellectual property laws to limit the use of such images by others.
Art
Various artists over the years have found inspiration for their flora and fauna paintings along this famous coastal journey. For example, Arthur Hill Gilbert, one of the founding members of the Carmel Art Association, is an American Impressionist noted for his canvas depicting this beautiful area, including Views 17 Mile Drive , and The Cove, Pt. Lobos , around 1930.
References
External links
- Pebble Beach Resorts: 17-Mile Drive
- Photographic description for the entire 17-Mile Drive.
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