John Little State Reserve
Encyclopedia
John Little State Reserve is a protected area on the Big Sur
coast of Monterey County in California
.
It protects the rigged steep cliffs where Lime Creek meets the Pacific Ocean
. It also has a cabin from 1917 where early conservationist Elizabeth K. Livermore lived.
Big Sur
Big Sur is a sparsely populated region of the Central Coast of California where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean. The name "Big Sur" is derived from the original Spanish-language "el sur grande", meaning "the big south", or from "el país grande del sur", "the big...
coast of Monterey County in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
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It protects the rigged steep cliffs where Lime Creek meets the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
. It also has a cabin from 1917 where early conservationist Elizabeth K. Livermore lived.