On Center Street at Hesperian Lane, on the left when traveling west on Center Street.
The Creekside Reserve Native Plant Gardens
(first planted in 2022)
These gardens showcase how California Native Plants can be used to create beautiful, water-conserving landscapes while promoting California's extraordinary plant . . . — — Map (db m298143) HM
On Center Street near Hesperian Lane, on the left when traveling west.
Greenspace - The Cambria Land Trust
Greenspace acquired this 1.6-acre property in 1999 to safeguard its natural character and make its beauty available to Cambrians and visitors. The land was zoned Commercial, and was being considered for . . . — — Map (db m298144) HM
On Center Street near Bridge Street, on the right when traveling west.
Built in two sections, and one of the oldest Cambria houses still standing
The original salt-box section facing Center Street was built in 1870 from locally milled pine by Henry Williams for Thomas Clendenen. The second section facing . . . — — Map (db m297838) HM
On Hillcrest Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Nitt Witt Ridge, one of California's remarkable Twentieth Century Folk Art Environments, is the creation of Arthur Harold Beal (Der Tinkerpaw or Capt. Nitt Witt), a Cambria Pines pioneer who sculpted the land using hand tools and indigenous . . . — — Map (db m50545) HM
On Main Street near Cambria Road, on the left when traveling west.
This first order fresnel lens was manufactured in 1850 in France by Henry LaPaute. The clock mechanism was built in 1872 and the lens you see here was installed atop the lighthouse at Piedras Blancas in 1874.
In 1949 the lens was removed . . . — — Map (db m68626) HM
Near Center Street at Hesperian Lane, on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
This property was once Cambria’s historical “Chinese Center,” the social focus for workers who harvested seaweed and abalone for shipment back to China, or worked in local quicksilver (mercury) mines in the mountains.
Here local Chinese once . . . — — Map (db m68511) HM
This property was once the center of Cambria's Chinese community
This "Red House" model shows two additions at the rear. What was once a temple, then a living room, is now a "California Place of Historical Interest."
The Chinese . . . — — Map (db m298148) HM
When Greenspace acquired this building, none of the original furnishings remained and the interior had been whitewashed. Two windows and a door had been added. Linoleum covered the floor.
Restoration
When whitewash was removed, the . . . — — Map (db m297856) HM
Santa Rosa Creek originates in the Santa Lucia mountain range.
Restoration of its 47-square mile watershed is an on-going Greenspace priority, including restoration plans, stream bank replanting and repair, removal of barriers to . . . — — Map (db m297839) HM
