Del Monte Forest | |
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Coordinates: 36°35′11″N 121°56′51″W / 36.58639°N 121.94750°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Monterey |
Government | |
• State senator | John Laird (D)[1] |
• Assemblymember | Robert Rivas (D)[1] |
• U. S. rep. | Jimmy Panetta (D)[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 10.64 sq mi (27.55 km2) |
• Land | 8.03 sq mi (20.79 km2) |
• Water | 2.61 sq mi (6.77 km2) 24.54% |
Elevation | 207 ft (63 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 4,204 |
• Density | 523.80/sq mi (202.23/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
ZIP code | 93953 (Pebble Beach) |
Area code | 831 |
FIPS code | 06-18590 |
GNIS feature ID | 1867013 |
Del Monte Forest (Del Monte, Spanish for "of the mountain") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Monterey County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a total population of 4,204,[5] down from 4,514 at the 2010 census. The census area includes the separate well-known community of Pebble Beach.
The Del Monte Forest is a habitat area of the same location, which originally occupied considerably more area prior to urban development of the 20th century. The forest is dominated by Monterey pine, but also contains other important tree species and a variety of rare and endangered plant species.