Best Neighborhoods for Amenities in Pacific Grove, CA

Pacific Grove Retreat is the stretch of the city where the public library, a certified farmers market and a string of shoreline parks all sit close together. It runs along the bay side of town, and the Monterey Bay Coastal Trail passes through it, linking the town to the Cannery Row district next door. Development isn't allowed on the water side of the ocean-front street, which keeps the shore open to everyone. ... See Full Page

Downtown is built around Lighthouse Avenue, the commercial spine of Pacific Grove, a town that began in 1875 as a Methodist seaside resort. The shops, galleries and cafes along it run for several walkable blocks. ... See Full Page

Beach Tract / Fairway Homes runs along the north shore of Pacific Grove, a band of streets between Lovers Point and Point Pinos Lighthouse, with the municipal golf links behind it giving the Fairway Homes half of the name. Ocean View Boulevard follows the water the whole way, and most cross streets end at a view or a path. ... See Full Page

Fourth Addition sits at the eastern end of Pacific Grove, where the town's residential streets run up against Monterey and the Cannery Row side of the bay. It sits closer to Monterey's shops than almost any other part of Pacific Grove. The town began in 1875 as a Methodist tent-lot camp laid out on small 30-by-60-foot parcels, and the same compact pattern carries on here before the streets run into Monterey. ... See Full Page

Asilomar Dunes marks the western edge of Pacific Grove, where the street grid thins into sand, cypress and the long curve of Asilomar State Beach. Wind off the water shapes this place more than any plan did, and the sound of surf reaches most yards. ... See Full Page

Glen lies along the Forest Avenue edge of Pacific Grove, a compact residential pocket whose routine is shaped by the grocery stores next door. On the city's planning map it's one of the smaller areas, and Arnett Park is the green space inside its lines. ... See Full Page

Pacific Grove Acres covers the western end of town, where Asilomar State Beach, the municipal golf course and the Point Pinos shoreline give it more open sky than any other part of Pacific Grove. Fog is a frequent visitor here, drifting in over the water through the night and early morning. ... See Full Page

Seaview is where Pacific Grove handles its everyday business, a stretch of Forest Avenue lined with restaurants and small shops, with the town's two big grocery stores at its edge. Quiet residential streets sit behind the storefronts, so the neighborhood works as both the town's errand zone and a place where people live. ... See Full Page

Country Club Gate / Forest Grove sits on the southern side of Pacific Grove, close to the town's entrance to 17-Mile Drive. The name comes from the gate and from the shopping center beside it, with the pine-covered streets of Forest Grove spreading out around them. ... See Full Page

Country Club Heights is a residential pocket of Pacific Grove beside the Country Club Gate shopping center, a short way from the 17-Mile Drive gate. The streets are mostly houses with little through traffic, and the commercial strip is near enough that a coffee run takes a couple of minutes. ... See Full Page

Hillcrest is a small residential area just south of Pacific Grove's downtown, close enough to the Monterey line that Hilltop Park and Cypress Park across it are among the nearest places to sit outside. Almost no businesses sit inside its boundaries, and that quiet is what separates it from the busier blocks around it. ... See Full Page

Sunset Drive is the part of Pacific Grove closest to the town's gate onto 17-Mile Drive, which sits just past its edge. It's a residential area with a small shopping cluster at its edge. ... See Full Page

Del Monte Park is the everyday-errands part of Pacific Grove, a stretch along Forest Avenue where the supermarkets, bakeries and neighborhood restaurants cluster. If Lighthouse Avenue is where visitors eat, this is where locals shop. ... See Full Page