01
The coastline.
Two miles of bluff, tidepool, and pocket cove between Carmel and Big Sur. Sea otters and harbor seals work the kelp beds; gray whales pass close enough to hear them breathe.
Soberanes Point · Calla Lily Valley · Garrapata Beach
● Est. [NONPROFIT_FOUNDED_YEAR] · Monterey County, California
Where the coast breathes back to you.
Two miles of headland, one quiet canyon of redwoods, and a community of volunteers keeping it that way. Friends of Garrapata stewards Garrapata State Park in partnership with California State Parks.
No. 02
Three landscapes,
one ongoing argument
for keeping them.
02
The canyon.
Inland from the cliffs, Soberanes Canyon climbs through chaparral into a corridor of redwoods kept cool by a small stream and a great deal of fog. The kind of quiet that recalibrates a person.
Soberanes Cyn. Trail · 1.25 mi · 540 ft elev. gain
03
The community.
Trail crews, native-plant volunteers, photographers, and longtime neighbors. The park keeps itself standing because a lot of people show up, repeatedly, with gloves on.
No. 03
Two ways
to keep this place.
A. Give
Fund the work
of staying here.
Donations underwrite trail stewardship, native-habitat restoration, and the educational programming that brings new people to the park as collaborators, not visitors.
Give nowSecure via Stripe. [NONPROFIT_STATUS_PLACEHOLDER] — see the donation page for current notes on tax-deductibility.
B. Show up
Bring gloves,
bring boots.
Volunteer workdays cover trail repair, invasive-species removal, native planting, and visitor outreach. No experience required — most of us learned in the field.
- ·01 Apply once — we keep your file.
- ·02 Pick workdays that fit your week.
- ·03 Bring whoever you’d like along.
No. 04 — Field notes
Upcoming workdays,
walks, and dispatches.
May 31 · 26
Soberanes Canyon trail crew
Jun 14 · 26
Native planting — Calla Lily Valley
Jun 28 · 26
Tidepool walk with a marine biologist
Jul 12 · 26
Photography slow-walk for stewards
Jul 26 · 26
Invasive removal — South Bluff
These are example placeholders. Admins publish real events via the Filament panel at /manage.
No. 05
What you’re
protecting, exactly.
Selected frames from the park. Full archive in the gallery.
Placeholders — replace via admin once real photos are imported from the Drive folder.