Lone Cypress Marker

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Near Carmel in Monterey County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Lone Cypress
Perched over the Pacific for Hundreds of Years

Lone Cypress Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Richard E. Miller, 2004

1. Lone Cypress Marker

Inscription. Even though Monterey cypress trees prefer this area's rugged bare granite headlands, the Lone Cypress is a testament to the hardiness of these trees. It has withstood Pacific storms and winds for roughly 250 years. Fences and cables now offer added protection in the hopes it will live to be 300.

Due to Samuel F.B. Morse, the preservation-minded founder of Pebble Beach, the Del Monte Forest now consists of nature trails and reserves, spectacular 17 Mile Drive, resorts and golf courses, and private homes. Lone Cypress is the symbol of Pebble Beach Company, owner and manager of much of the 5,300-acre Del Monte Forest.

Erected by Pebble Beach Company.

Location. 36° 34.169′ N, 121° 57.934′ W. Marker is near Carmel, California, in Monterey County. Marker is on 17 Mile Drive west of California Highway 1, on the right when traveling south. Click for map. Marker is west of Carmel at Stop #16 on the 17 Mile Drive, approximately eight miles west of Highway 1. Marker is in this post office area: Pebble Beach CA 93953, United States of America.

Also see . . .
1. "17 Mile Drive". (Submitted on June 22, 2008, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
2. Wikipedia biography of Samuel F. B. Morse. Although the marker credits Morse for the preservation of Del Monte Forest, he is better known for his part in developing telegraphy and the Morse Code. (Submitted on January 23, 2009.)