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

A Coastal Attack the Army Couldn’t Stop

Fort Ord Dunes State Park

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Inscription. Soldiers once guarded this shoreline against sea-borne attack, but one force proved too powerful to stop. Coastal erosion, the wearing away of these bluffs and beaches by ocean waves, has been steadily moving the coastline inland here since sea levels began rising after the last ice age. Human activities, such as mining sand and constructing dams on the coastal rivers, and speed up erosion by preventing new sand from replenishing these beaches.

Erected by California State Parks.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Military • Natural Features.

Location. 36° 39.637′ N, 121° 49.294′ W. Marker is near Marina, California, in Monterey County. It can be reached from 8th Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Marina CA 93933, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Central Coast

and specifically on the Coast Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Stilwell Hall: A Fond Memory (a few steps from this marker); Former Firing Range Becomes a State Park (within shouting distance of this marker); Welcome to Fort Ord Dunes State Park! (within shouting distance of this marker); Training to Defend America (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named

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A Coastal Attack the Army Couldn’t Stop (within shouting distance of this marker); Post 694 (approx. 2.9 miles away); Portola-Crespi Monument (approx. 4.1 miles away); Depots (approx. 5.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marina.

More about this marker. The marker is located in Fort Ord Dunes State Park near the old Stilwell Hall parking lot.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 7, 2020. It was originally submitted on September 29, 2013. This page has been viewed 297 times since then and 22 times this year. Last updated on October 6, 2020. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.