Jacks Peak Park

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Jacks Peak Park is a county park in Monterey County, California. Its central feature is Jacks Peak, the highest point on the Monterey Peninsula, rising 1,068 feet (325 m)[1] above Monterey and Carmel. The park encompasses 525[1] acres under control of the Monterey County Parks Department.

View of Monterey and Monterey Bay from Jacks Peak
View of Monterey and Monterey Bay from Jacks Peak

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[edit] History

The park is part of the Pueblo Lands tract acquired in 1859 by Scottish immigrant David Jack[1]. The first 55 acres that were to become the park were purchased by Talcott and Margaret Pardee Bates in 1964[1]. They sold it to the Nature Conservancy, who eventually sold it to Monterey County[1]. In 1971, the county purchased the remaining acres for the park from Del Monte Properties[1]. The park opened in January, 1977[1].

[edit] Facilities

Hiking in Jacks Peak Park
Hiking in Jacks Peak Park

The park allows picnics and day hiking. Several miles of trails, including a self-guided nature trail, wrap around Jacks Peak and through the rest of the park.

[edit] Environment

The park includes one of only three remaining native stands of the Monterey Pine.[2] Flora in the park also includes madrone (arbutus menziesii), coastal scrub (including coyote brush (baccharis pilularis), California sagebrush, black sage, and ceanothus), poison oak, and the coast live oak.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g (Sept. 2007) Jacks Peak County Park history sign. 
  2. ^ Welcome sign
  3. ^ (Sept 2007) Jacks Peak County Park brochure. 

[edit] External links