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Pacific Grove, California

City of Pacific Grove
Charter city
Point Pinos Lighthouse, Pacific Grove
Point Pinos Lighthouse, Pacific Grove
Official seal of City of Pacific Grove
Seal
Location in Monterey County and the state of California
Location in Monterey County and the state of California
City of Pacific Grove is located in the US
City of Pacific Grove
City of Pacific Grove
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 36°37′04″N 121°55′00″W / 36.61778°N 121.91667°W / 36.61778; -121.91667Coordinates: 36°37′04″N 121°55′00″W / 36.61778°N 121.91667°W / 36.61778; -121.91667
Country United States
State California
County Monterey
Founded 1875
Incorporated July 5, 1889
Government
 • Type Mayor-council
 • Mayor Bill Kampe
 • State Senator Bill Monning (D)
 • Assemblymember Mark Stone (D)
 • U. S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D)
Area
 • Total 4.003 sq mi (10.366 km2)
 • Land 2.865 sq mi (7.419 km2)
 • Water 1.138 sq mi (2.946 km2)  28.42%
Elevation 151 ft (46 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 15,041
 • Estimate (July 1, 2013) 15,504
 • Density 3,800/sq mi (1,500/km2)
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code 93950
Area code(s) 831
FIPS code 06-54848
GNIS feature IDs 1652821, 2411350
Website www.cityofpg.org

Pacific Grove is a coastal city in Monterey County, California in the United States. The United States Census Bureau estimated its 2013 population at 15,504. Pacific Grove is located between Point Pinos and Monterey.

Pacific Grove is known for its Victorian homes, Asilomar State Beach, and is also known as "Butterfly Town U.S.A." for the annual migration of the monarch butterflies. The city is endowed with more historical houses per capita than anywhere else in California. Seventy-five percent of the homes in Pacific Grove are considered historical. Some of them have been turned into bed and breakfast inns.

The city is also known as the location of the Point Pinos Lighthouse, the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the West Coast. The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History and Pacific Grove Art Center are located in the historic downtown. Pacific Grove was also the main filming location for Roger Spottiswoode's 1989 film Turner & Hooch as well as A Summer Place, starring Sandra Dee.

In prehistoric times the Rumsen were one of the linguistically distinct Ohlone groups of the Monterey Bay Area who inhabited the area now known as Pacific Grove. This tribe subsisted with hunting, fishing and gathering in what has been deduced as a biologically rich Monterey Peninsula.


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