Fremont Peak State Park
Central Coast
parks
At a glance
- Size
- 162
- Established
- 1934
parks detail
- Hook
- An observatory summit where Frémont raised the U.S. flag in defiance in 1846, overlooking Monterey Bay
- More
- Frémont raised the flag here for three days in 1846 in defiance of Mexican authorities before slipping away — the peak now hosts an observatory with a 30-inch public telescope. The summit scramble is short; the valley-and-bay view at sunset is the draw.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 36.76, -121.504