Lovely coastline and one very large rock! Stopped off in Morro Bay one late afternoon as part of our HW1 road trip. The rock is visible from some distance away and dominates the whole town.
It's great you can drive right up to it and look around. Some good photo opportunities. Had a nice leisurely walk around the bay enjoying the sights and sounds. But the best was sitting in a restaurant watching the sun set over the rock - simply stunning. Hanan C California contributions. One of the must see places in California. The northern beach is dog friendly and stretches for miles.
The southern side of the rock has a boardwalk and a small beach. The rock is really impressive especially during sunset. Because of Covid, there were few people around which meant that some places were either closed or were only take-out. Nevertheless, we had plenty of free parking something unthinkable pre Covid. We enjoyed long walks. Pretty much everyone had a mask on and was observing social distancing.
Cilliated D 38 contributions. I don't usually rate rocks, so I'm a little out of my area of expertise. Personally I prefer sedimentary to volcanic rocks, so I couldn't give it 5 stars. But as a navigational aid this rock seems pretty handy, so I like it.
This is a big rock. If you like Giant rocks you'll be disappointed, and if you're into tiny rocks this one will be way to big for your liking, so not a 5 star rock.
However, if you are into large rocks the size of a small island.. Nice scenery, surfing beach on one side, channel on the other. Plus all the usual California seaside wildlife, so all in all a nice place to take a short easy walk near the ocean.
Looks like fishing might be OK on the channel side. Tita M California 89 contributions. We stayed in Morro Bay for a night and enjoyed a beautiful two mile walk to the "rock". The path is boarded and well maintained with natural shrub landscaping, artistic tiled refuse containers and takes you along the water's edge to watch otters, boats, fisherpersons, photographers, walkers, joggers. There's something magical about Morro rock.
Peligrine falcons fly overhead; scads of chipmunks scamper around the natural landscaping. The path takes you to the ocean's edge where you can see sea spray dashing over the rocks.
On the opposite side is a large parking area and sandy beach where you can walk, jog, or watch the surfing action. This is one best sites to see in Morro Bay. You can walk part of the way around the rock. If you have time, you can walk from town. Or with limited time, you can drive closer to rock and then walking trail. Good to be back and visit Morro Rock at this unusual time.
It was cold and windy, very different from the hot weather in Southern California. Many people surfing, swimming and fishing near the rock and parking was not a problem even for our RV. Easy to social distancing. Mimie W Spokane, WA 1, contributions. You'll know when you have arrived in Morro Bay because of its iconic Morro Rock. I love looking at it on sunrise and sunsets. This nice little town can be explored in a day.
There's certainly lots of sea life including sea otters, sea lions, cormorants, sea gulls, and ducks. They questioned the motivation behind his sudden interest in rituals that he had seemingly abandoned for forty-some years. Because the area was a well-known Chumash historical site, law mandated that members of the tribe oversaw the work in case any artifacts or burial grounds were uncovered Dillon.
They thought his sudden unveiling of a history of practicing rituals in the area could spark a dispute over what tribe had claim to the area and any artifacts that might be uncovered. The suspicions amounted to nothing, though. The Chumash were granted the right to oversee the demolition without contest from the Salinans and John Burch along with other members of the Salinan Tribe now continues to practice his rituals atop Morro Rock, proving that he truly was interested in reawakening his cultural heritage, no matter how many years it had lain dormant Dillon.
The dispute over Morro Rock and the unique way in which it played out raises many questions concerning the difficulty of defining, designating, claiming and reclaiming sacred space. If all the problems with Native American sacred spaces involved non-native Americans defacing, disrespecting, and destroying them, we could solve them with one solution: punishment.
Not that it would be easy or simple, but at least it would be straightforward. The reality though, is that with the variety of circumstances and situations, one solution will never exist. So many of the people involved in sacred land disputes have good motives and great respect for the land, especially when the site possesses such natural power that its sacrality is primarily ontological.
They simply have different backgrounds; the reasons nature is sacred are never the same for each person. So how do we accommodate all of them? Whose side do we chose when no one is acting out of disrespect or ignorance? I guess the only thing we can do is educate ourselves as best as possible, then do what we think is right. We cannot cast aside the greatest gifts the earth has given us. The question that confuses and concerns me the most is one Dillon brought up in her essay.
Efforts to restore Native American heritage have not been as diligent. How could we have eagerly rushed in to help undo the harm we enacted upon one species, yet been so indifferent to the damage done to one of our own? Photo 2: Morro Rock when it was first connected to the mainland.
You can see the newly built breakwater on the far side of the rock. Brusa, Betty War. Salinan Indians of California and Their Neighbors. Happy Camp, CA: Naturegraph, Dillon, Angela H. Skip to Main Content. Loading Close. Do Not Show Again Close. Sign In. Morro Rock was an important navigational aid for mariners for over because the rock is approximately feet tall which made it the most visible in a chain of 9 peaks. In Spanish "Morro" means crown shaped hill.
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