Whaler's Knoll (summit)

USA / California / Carmel-by-the-Sea /
 knoll, panoramic view

Elevation 282 feet above sea level. From up here one takes in a terrific 270 degree panorama of the Garrapata coast. A rustic bench long enough to seat four people faces due west. The backrest of the bench is inscribed with a quotation from Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1844 essay on Experience.
Yellow outline traces the 160 foot elevation contour.
Photo courtesy www.californiacoastline.org
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Coordinates:   36°27'4"N   121°55'37"W
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