California Real Estate & Relocation Guide

Pacific Grove, California

Population: 16,000

Located in Monterey County

Welcome to the City of Pacific Grove, a wonderful community located right on Monterey Bay, south of San Francisco. It is close to the Monterey Peninsula Airport and is easily accessible from all Peninsula cities. Here is a town that knows how to have a good time! With great seasonal celebrations, parks and playgrounds, gourmet restaurants, unique shops and galleries, recreation in Pacific Grove includes scuba diving, kayaking, golf, surfing, biking, or just cruising the shoreline recreation trail and soaking up all the beauty that is Pacific Grove.

From a resident's perspective, Pacific Grove offers an unparalleled quality of life. A breathtaking meeting of sea and land provides many opportunities for active and passive recreational opportunities beyond compare. The great location at the tip of the Monterey Peninsula permits quick access not only to the rest of California but virtually to the world at large. In the midst of it all, Pacific Grove retained a small-town hospitality and friendliness, creating a great place fondly called, "the Last Home Town."

The City of Pacific Grove Recreation Department provides a wide range of activities that contribute to the recreational and cultural life of the community. Activities include classes in art, dance, and exercise, sports leagues for adults and youth, preschool for toddlers, field trips for youth and teens and special events for all ages.

For the avid golfers in the family, Pacific Grove has just the thing. Located just outside of the famous Pebble Beach at Point Pinos, the Pacific Grove Golf Links is both picturesque and challenging. Overlooking the course is the Point Pinos Lighthouse. Built in 1855, it is the longest continuously operating lighthouse in California. It is a historical sentinel and picturesque landmark of the golf course. Holes among the dunes are rugged and simple, but full of interest. Away from the fairways lie untamed, grassy dunes and sticky Sea Fig, commonly called ice-plant, which supply all the difficulty one wants on a charming course. There is just enough peril to whet the appetite.

A scenic tour of the dramatic coastline provides views of Lover's Point, Point Pinos, Crespi Pond and the natural dunesland at Asilomar. You will be enchanted by the abundance of natural wonders such as the plentiful Pacific Blacktail Deer, seals, sea lions, sea otters, pelicans and gulls.

Whether you are looking for a quaint, cottage by the sea, a magnificent mansion, or a vacation rental, Pacific Grove has something for everyone! Pacific Grove offers tremendous variety for those seeking vacation rentals, a home to lease or buy, and business people seeking business opportunities or commercial property. Homes start at $750,000, for a cottage with about 1,100 square feet. For something bigger for the family, one will generally have to pay right around the one million mark, and for a home that is larger than 2,000 square feet, one will be looking in the region of $1,500,000 and up. Rentals start at around $1,195 for a one bedroom apartment, and for a single family home, expect to spend around $2,500 or more a month.

Pacific Grove typifies what has made California wonderful -perfect climate, lovely countryside and a sense of the past and the future. Pacific Grove is a place where one gains a sense of community - of family. Come and make yourself a new member of the family!