Bike, Run, Park at the Monterey Bay Coastal Trail

From south to north, the 18-mile Monterey Coastal Recreational Trail takes visitors from the trailhead at Lovers Point Park in Pacific Grove through Point Cabrillo, Cannery Row, Fisherman's Shoreline, San Carlos Beach, Fisherman's Wharf, Del Monte Beach, Monterey State Beach, Seaside, Marina and as far north as Castroville.

The Coastal Trail runs along the path of the Southern Pacific Railroad's Monterey Branch, which was built in 1879. Southern Pacific's longest running passenger train, the Del Monte, ran on these tracks until 1971. In 1986, the Coastal Conservancy joined with Pacific Grove, Monterey, and Seaside to transform the abandoned railway into the parkland it is today.