We walked here from our hotel, we usually drive here and enjoy lunch. There is usually surfers to watch. Sand is so soft, which makes it very inviting to walk on. Dogs love it also.
This is our favorite hike/walk of all times. We park just near the Spanish Bay entrance off of Asilomar and walk back to Lovers Point. The boardwalk path takes you in and out of sand dunes and coastal approaches. The round trip is a wonderful 8 miles. We do it every day we are in Carmel area and LOVE it. Clears the head and gets your belly ready for a great meal in one of the cool restaurants in Carmel.
You can walk all the way from Asilomar State Beach to Monterey and see a beautiful coast line. Besure to take in the Asilomar Conference Grounds, it is open to the public. Also you can tour thelighthouse. At the opposite end of the walk from Asilomar is the famous Cannery Row. It is abouta three mile walk one way, if you are not a hiker you can always drive it.
come here with friends and enjoy the beauty and fantastic wildlife: pelicans, seals, kelp, and everyone and their dog!
Asilomar State Beach is well worth the detour. If you start out at Lovers Point and follow the coast line, Asilomar is the last publicly accessible point on the coast before Pebble Beach. There's tide pooling, waves, nice beach walking as well as a path through the headlands. Parking can be an issue, just be sure to park all the way off the bike path or risk getting ticketed.
We really enjoyed our visit. The tide pools were fun to explore. Plenty of parking just be careful for all the joggers! My only complaint would be the amount of Dead Sea life on the beach. Several rotting sea lions and otters. They had been there several days. Wish the park service would remove them the smell was pretty bad
On a random trip to Monterey, we came across this beautiful place. And, we ended up here near sunset, and the light was gorgeous. I loved walking on the path above the rocks and going down to explore the tide pools. Windy, waves crashing, it was exhilarating. Plenty of easy access, lots of dog walkers and random people in general, but not crowded. Loved it.
Asilomar Beach has been a popular attraction for locals and tourists alike for many decades. It is a broad white sand beach where gather walkers and dog walkers, runners, picnickers, families, lovers. conventioneers (the adjacent Asilomar conference facilities), seniors, surfers, volley ball and other sports players, photographers and artists, wildlife enthusiasts, sunset enthusiasts, storm watchers . . . well you get the picture. An all purpose all year long beach enjoyed by many. It can be enjoyed by walking on the beach itself or you can walk the wood boardwalk along the dunes above the beach. Either way it is a winner . . . the scenery and the ionized ocean air are invigorating. The only negative is that parking can be hard to find and you may have a long walk to get down to the beach on busier days.
This rocky shoreline is a wonderful place to share the sunset with a variety of sea birds. The south end is sandy to the sea, while the north end is rocky, and impractical for swimming -- if you're brave enough to go into the cold water. The dunes behind the shore are crossed by boardwalks and paths to protect the beach plants, which are vulnerable to traffic. It makes a wonderful track for a walk or jog, and -- if it isn't too cold or windy -- is a good place for a picnic.
So beautiful and peaceful. It's sad to see dead sea lions (2 adults and one youngster). It seems that with humans causing the rapid global warming, the fish that the sea lions eat are going out to or deeper to colder water. The sea lions cannot eat enough and are starving to death. It's still a beautiful place. A great place to ride a bicycle.