Pacific Grove, California

Pacific Grove is a coastal town in Monterey County, California, US. The total population was 15,522 in the 2000 census. Pacific Grove is located between Point Pinos and Monterey. Its elevation is 151 feet (46 m).

Pacific Grove is known for its Victorian homes, Asilomar State Beach, its artistic legacy and the annual migration of the Monarch butterflies. The city has more Victorian houses per person than anywhere else in United States. Some of them have been turned into bed and breakfast inns.

Point Pinos Lighthouse, the oldest continuously working lighthouse on the West Coast, is in Pacific Grove.

John Denver died near Pacific Grove.