Carmel Highlands

Carmel Highlands, California
Unincorporated community
Carmel Highlands viewed from Point Lobos State Natural Reserve
Carmel Highlands, California is located in California
Carmel Highlands, California
Carmel Highlands, California
Location in California
Carmel Highlands, California is located in the United States
Carmel Highlands, California
Carmel Highlands, California
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 36°30′15″N 121°55′54″W / 36.50417°N 121.93167°W / 36.50417; -121.93167
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyMonterey County
Elevation
318 ft (97 m)
Time zonePST
 • Summer (DST)PDT
ZIP code
93923
Area code831
GNIS feature ID1759219

Carmel Highlands is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California, United States. It is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Carmel-by-the-Sea, at an elevation of 318 feet (97 m). Carmel Highlands is just south of the Point Lobos State Reserve, and serves as the northern gateway of the Big Sur coastline along California State Route 1. Carmel Highlands was founded in 1916 by developers Frank Hubbard Powers and James Franklin Devendorf and the Carmel Development Company.

History

Illustration of Carmel Highlands by Jo Mora in 1926.

In 1906, the Carmel Development Company purchased two miles (3 km) of land from the local ranchers south of Point Lobos, where it developed the Carmel Highlands. In 1915, Frank Devendorf developed the Carmel Highlands as a residential community of creative people dedicated to the arts. Devendorf and his foreman, Frank DeAmaral developed the area with the Highlands Inn as a resort hotel at the center of the development. He planted pine trees and laid out the roads and building sites. His friend, marine artist William Frederic Ritschel, helped him plan sight lines for the hotel that had views north along the coast.

References

  1. 1 2 "Carmel Highlands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ "ZIP Code(tm) Lookup". United States Postal Service. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  3. ↑ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 881. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  4. ↑ Gilliam, Harold; Gilliam, Ann (1992). Creating Carmel: The Enduring Vision. Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books. pp. 14, 80, 137. ISBN 9780879053970. Retrieved 2022-03-10.

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