Trails of Point Lobos. Part 1. Gibson beach, Bird Island, China Cove, Weston Beach.
Important. Even though the radiation levels on the beaches of Point Lobos (Gibson beach and Hidden beach) are within a norm, our measurements indicate that it is noticeably higher than the levels we measured in other locations in central California. We feel like spending too much time at these beaches and lying on the sand/gravel should not be recommended. Remember the dose depends on both the level and the duration.
Natural background radiation is usually below 60 CPM and 100 CPM is the alert lever according to radiationnetwork,com
Readings for Gibson beach (08-19-2017): 15, 24, 33, 26 CPM
Readings for Hidden beach (08-19-2017): 49, 29, 39 CPM
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The park is quite popular, but the parking space is limited and you have to be really lucky to get the spot if you arrive at the moment when somebody leaves. Most of the visitors resort to parking along the highway and walking to the entrance. We divide the park in two parts: south and north and it is impossible to cover both in a one-day-trip – you would have to walk the whole day long. Today we will show you the south portion of the park by walking along the shore and visiting Gibson beach, Bird Island, China cove beach and Hidden beach.
Although the main attraction of this place is coastal line, a walk in the woods among the pines is also quite pleasant. The South Plateau trail is 0.7 miles to Gibson beach. We will climb a few hills and cross a few creeks. As always, beware of poisonous oak and poisonous ivy – just enjoy scenery without touching the plants. It’s safer anyway.
Very soon the trail brings you to a cliff with a nice view of Gibson beach. The old stairs are now abandoned (destroyed) but the new ones are very steep and I’m not sure if they are for everybody, though most of the people will still be able to climb down and up.
The sand of Gibson beach is clean and bright – it consists of white quartz grains originated likely from the nearby gray rocks similar to granite but called GRANO-DIO-RITE due to mineral composition.
The radioactivity level was a bit elevated – on the safe side but still close to upper range of what’s considered normal.
Marine life at Point Lobos is diverse and you may spot some shells or marine plants and animals on the beach.
Let’s continue to explore rocky shores along the so called Bird Island trail. There is indeed an island occupied by the Brandt’s cormorants and Western gulls. It’s in between Gibson beach and China cove. The trail makes a loop north of Pelican Point and, while walking on this loop, you can see beautiful rocky shores – an excellent place for a pirate hideout.
There are few small parking areas along the roads and the parking area near Bird Island has picnic tables.
Round spotted rocks at Hidden beach have volcanic origin and named basaltic ANDESITE. The inclusions are crystals formed during slow cooling – the slower the cooling, the larger crystals could be formed.
The park has lots of areas with easy access to the shore – a perfect place to explore tidal pools and check out sea life – turban snails, occasional sea stars, crabs, anemones, limpets sticking to the rocks and of course, sneaky crabs. Trace fossils can be found in the gray layers of petrified sea sediments, which are millions of years old.
Sea lion point trail led us to a relatively large parking lot.
The last part of our trip will be in the Monterey pine forest. Trees here are mostly young and covered with lace lichen, the official lichen of the state of California. The lichen creates an impression of walking in a fairy tale forest. It’s really cool. The trail is actually called lace lichen trail, by the way. 3 quarters of a mile and we will reach the park entrance.
Point Lobos has a very interesting history from the times it was occupied by Native Americans and later by fishermen and whale hunters. But we will talk about that when we will show you the northern part of Point Lobos which, in our view, is even more grand and picturesque. We have cool footage of new born harbor seal pups as well as a bunch of artifacts from whale hunting era. So, subscribe to stay in touch and good luck in your travels.
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