Pacific Grove at Your Feet: Walks, Hikes & Rambles

Discover Pacific Grove in a delightful new way—on foot! Pacific Grove at Your Feet features, walks, hikes, and rambles along our shoreline bluffs, our historic downtown district, and our wild and woodsy urban forest. Not just another trail guide, this book is teeming with local legend and lore presented in a friendly, breezy style. Fourteen different walks are included, from our eastern border at the Monterey Bay Aquarium to the southwestern edge, meandering into Pebble Beach. You’ll Ride the Ghost Rails, Stroll with Steinbeck, and feel the sand beneath your toes on a special Asilomar low tide walk.
In many ways, Pacific Grove is the perfect town to explore on foot. The climate is perfect, with temperatures neither too hot nor too cold and with only a few days when the weather is too blustery or rainy to make outdoor activity impossible. We are blessed with miles of safe, well-maintained paths, trails, and city sidewalks. Our town offers a variety of walking experiences, whether it be a wind-swept beach, a dense forest that feels ancient but isn’t, or a downtown district brimming with landmarks both historic or simply cute and quirky. And, as the pandemic lockdown taught us when all else is off limits—gyms, health clubs, dance studios, public pools—we can always go out for a walk.
“Hikes and history at your fingertips” ¼ “Perfect walker’s guide—great souvenir!” ¼ “This is the book to get to walk around Pacific Grove with” ¼ “Delightful summary of walking adventures in Pacific Grove” ¼ “Local knowledge at its best”
Each walk includes a map and is lavishly illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by Pacific Grove artist Judy Obbink and digitally adapted photographs by Patricia Hamilton. Whether a long-time resident or first-time visitor, daily power walker or weekend warrior, you’re sure to find something to intrigue, inform, inspire and enchant in Pacific Grove at Your Feet.
Available at Bookworks, Artisana Gallery, Fiona Floral, and online booksellers.

Joyce Krieg would never describe herself as a fitness fanatic or as particularly outdoorsy type. Yet after relocating to Pacific Grove some 25 years ago, she discovered the fun of exploring Butterfly Town U.S.A. on her own two feet. She's now convinced that our city's walkability is one of its chief assets. Joyce is a writer and editor with a background in print and broadcast journalism.