Salinas /səˈliːnəs/ is the county seat and largest municipality of Monterey County, California. Salinas is located 10 miles (16 km) east-southeast of the mouth of the Salinas River, at an elevation of about 52 feet (16 m) above sea level. The population was 155,662 as of 2013. The city is located at the mouth of the Salinas Valley roughly eight miles from the Pacific Ocean and has a coastal climate. The city consists mostly of late 20th century single family homes and low-level apartments, ranging from modest bungalows to spacious luxury homes, and serves as the main business, governmental and industrial center of the region. The marine climate is ideal for the floral industry, grape vineyards, and vegetable growers.
Population: 150,441
Latitude: 36° 40' 39.86" N
Longitude: -121° 39' 19.80" W
Santa Catalina School is a private school in California founded by Sister Margaret Thompson and the Dominican Order in 1950. Situated on 36-acre hacienda-style campus, the Upper School is an all-girls boarding school which also accepts local student…
Prunedale is a census-designated place in Monterey County, California, United States. Prunedale is located 8 miles (13 km) north of Salinas, at an elevation of 92 feet (28 m). The population was 17,560 residents at the time of the 2010 census, up fr…
Monterey Peninsula College, commonly called "MPC", is a public community college located in Monterey, California.
Fisherman's Wharf is a historic wharf in Monterey, California, United States.
Earthbound Farm is an American farm located near San Juan Bautista, California. It is the largest producer of organic salads in the US. It was also the first company to produce prewashed, packaged salad greens on an industrial scale. Earthbound Farm…
Sand City is a city in Monterey County, California, United States, located on the shores of Monterey Bay, and surrounded on most sides by the larger city of Seaside. Sand City is located 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Monterey, at an elevation of 72 …
Elkhorn Slough is a 7-mile-long (11 km) tidal slough and estuary on Monterey Bay in Monterey County, California.
Aromas is a census-designated place (CDP) in Monterey County, and San Benito County, California, United States.
Tor House and Hawk Tower are buildings in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, built by poet Robinson Jeffers.
Spreckels is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the Salinas Valley of Monterey County, California, United States. Spreckels is located 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Salinas, at an elevation of 62 feet (19 m).
The National Steinbeck Center is a museum and memorial dedicated to the author John Steinbeck that is located at One Main Street in Salinas, California, the town where Steinbeck grew up.
The Spyglass Hill Golf Course, is a links golf course located on the Monterey Peninsula in California, United States.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) is a private, non-profit oceanographic research center in Moss Landing, California. MBARI was founded in 1987 by David Packard, and is primarily funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
The unincorporated community of Paicines, formerly Tres Pinos, is located at 680 feet (207 m) above mean sea level (AMSL) in San Benito County, California along State Route 25. Guide signs along SR 25 say the community is 13 miles (21 km) south of H…
The Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) is a multi-campus marine research consortium headquartered at Moss Landing, California.
KCBA is a Fox affiliate television station in Salinas, California, USA.
KAZU (90.3 FM) is an NPR-member radio station, licensed in Pacific Grove, California, United States.
Del Rey Oaks (formerly, Del Rey Woods) is a city in Monterey County, California, United States. Del Rey Oaks is located just southeast of Seaside, at an elevation of 82 feet (25 m). The population was 1,624 at the 2010 census.