Rancho Las Salinas

Blanco (Spanish for "White") is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California. It is located on the Salinas River, around the Blanco Road crossing, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Salinas, at an elevation of 23 feet (7 m).

Cooper (formerly, Coopers) is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California, United States. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad and California State Route 183 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northwest of Salinas and southeast of Castroville. The elevation is 23 feet (7 m).

The Peter J. Bontadelli House, at 119 Cayuga St. in Salinas, California, is a historic house that was built in 1907. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, it was then the unique example of Second Empire architecture in all of Monterey County, California. It was built by Peter J. Bontadelli (1850-1935), an immigrant from Switzerland who had experience in Paris as a painting contractor. Bontadelli became a leader of the Swiss-American community in the area, including co-founding and serving as first president of the Swiss-American Rifle Club which opened in 1900 and is still operating in 2013 (now as the Monterey County Swiss Rifle Club). The house is of very high architectural quality.

Rancho Bolsa del Potrero y Moro Cojo (or Pocket of the Pasture and the Lame Moor and La Sagrada Familia or The Holy Family) was a 6,916-acre (27.99 km2) Mexican land grant in the northern Salinas Valley, in present-day Monterey County, California. Tradition holds that Lame Moor refers to a lame, black (moor) horse found in the property.It was given in 1822 by Governor Pablo Vicente de Solá to Joaquín de la Torre. The grant was bounded on the north by Tembladero Slough and in the south by present-day Castroville.

Castroville Multimodal Station is a future train station in Castroville, California. It is planned to serve both Caltrain and Amtrak California's Capitol Corridor trains as part of the Monterey County Rail Extension. The station will be located along Del Monte Avenue between Blackie Road and Wood Street. It is expected to open after track improvements in the area and commencement of service to Salinas.

Giant Artichoke, also known as the World's Largest Artichoke, is a large sculpture of an artichoke in Castroville, California, commonly referred to as the "Artichoke Capital of the World". It is located adjacent to the New American cuisine-serving restaurant of the same name. It is made from concrete and rebar.

The Castroville Japanese Language School, also known as the Castroville Nihon Gakko, is a historic building located at 11199 Geil St. in Castroville, California that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Castroville is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Monterey County, California, United States. At the time of the 2020 census the population was 7,515, up from 6,481 in 2010. Castroville is known for its artichoke crop and for the annual Castroville Artichoke Festival, leading to its nickname as the "Artichoke Center of the World". The community's origins lie in Rancho Bolsa Nueva y Moro Cojo, a Mexican-era rancho granted to the Castro family of Californio rancheros. Following the American Conquest of California, Juan Bautista Castro founded Castroville in 1863.

Marina is a city in Monterey County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,359, up from 19,718 in 2010. The city is located along the central coast of California, 8 miles (13 km) west of Salinas and 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Monterey. It is on California State Route 1 between Monterey and Santa Cruz and sits at an elevation of 43 feet (13 m).Marina was incorporated in 1975 and is the newest city in the Monterey area. It includes part of the California State University, Monterey Bay campus, the UC Santa Cruz UC MBEST center, and the Veterans Transition Center (VTC). In 2012, Marina was named one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People by America's Promise Alliance. The Fort Ord Station Veterinary Hospital, built in 1941 to provide healthcare for U.S. Army horses and mules, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

East Garrison is a planned community in an unincorporated area in Monterey County, California. It is located on Reservation Road (County Route G17) east of Marina and west of the Salinas River on the former Fort Ord. The community has 929 taxed parcels (779 single family homes and 150 single family attached properties). The community contains many parks including dog parks, the 5-acre Lincoln Park with sports field as well as West Camp Park, McArthur Park, Arts Park which are approximately one acre each. East Garrison is part of Monterey County's Fourth District and, as of January 5, 2021, is represented by Supervisor Wendy Root Askew.Permit PLN030204 was approved by the County of Monterey Board of Supervisors in 2005. This allowed development of the East Garrison project, a mixed-use residential development consisting of up to 1,470 dwelling units. The project is also subject to a Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) approved by the former Redevelopment Agency for the County of Monterey (now Successor Agency) which requires Agency financial assistance to pay for a portion of certain aspects, including public facilities, affordable housing and historic preservation and renovation. As of January 2023, East Garrison has developed into a community consisting of: 994 homes with supporting infrastructure and public improvements, including: 808 market-rate units 65 affordable apartments (very low and low-income) Manzanita Place, an affordable-housing apartments managed by MidPen Housing was built in Phase 1. 51 moderate-income units 70 work force II units Fire station 37 acres of community, neighborhood and dog parks, open space and trails. An additional 65 affordable apartments are under construction and anticipated to be completed spring of 2023.Remaining housing and public facilities to be built (not-yet-under construction) per the development approvals at East Garrison include: 341 housing units 172 market rate 70 work force II 33 moderate-income 66 very low and low-income apartments Community Housing Improvement Systems and Planning Association (CHISPA) will soon construct 66 units in the Phase 3 area plus 70 optional ADUs Library with Sheriff sub-station A minimum 34,000 sf Town Center (of which 4,000 sf is the Library/Sheriff sub-station) The 1-acre Town Center Park Rehabilitation and reuse of 23 historic buildings."Planned, but not yet started, is conversion of historic buildings into 55,000 sq. ft of artist studios.On January 24, 2023, the builder, Century Communities, requested adjustments to the existing approvals: Re-locating the 66 Artspace rental affordable live/work units to an existing parcel on the south side of the Town Center Park and replacing the two Artspace building parcels flanking the Arts Park with compact single-family homes. Create a fully integrated mixed-use commercial/residential 3-4 story building consisting of the 66 Artspace affordable units above 30,000 square feet of flexible commercial space on the ground floor. Infill of the existing north parcel adjacent to the Town Center Park with Rowhouses, with the units facing the park having “flex workspace” and shopfront facades. Infill of the High-Density Condominium site with compact high density 2-3 story Single Family homes.

Rancho Rincón del Sanjón was a 2,230-acre (9.0 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, California given in 1840 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to José Eusebio Boronda. The name means "corner of Sanjo del Alisal". The grant was located on the north side of the Sanjo del Alisal, (the great slough, or deep ditch, of the alisal), between Cooper's Rancho Bolsa del Potrero y Moro Cojo on the west, Castro's Rancho Sausal on the east, and bordering Espinosa's Rancho Bolsa de las Escorpinas on the north. The grant was on the northwest of present-day Salinas, where Boronda, California is located.

Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge is located approximately 11 miles north of Monterey, California, and 3 miles south of Castroville, California, at the point where the Salinas River empties into Monterey Bay. The 367-acre (1.49 km2) refuge encompasses several habitat types including sand dunes, pickleweed salt marsh, river lagoon, riverine habitat, and a saline pond. The refuge was established in 1974 because of its "particular value in carrying out the national migratory bird management program."The area provides habitat for several threatened and endangered species, including the California brown pelican, Smith's blue butterfly, the western snowy plover, the Monterey sand gilia, and the Monterey spineflower. The refuge is used by a variety of migratory birds during breeding, wintering, and migrating periods. Refuge mammals include muskrat, golden beaver, gray fox, red fox, striped skunk, longtail weasel, Virginia opossum, vagrant shrew, broad-footed mole, brush rabbit, raccoon, duskyfooted woodrat, deer mouse, and coyote.Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge is open to the public though there are no facilities beyond a parking lot and footpaths. Dogs, horseback riding, and camping are not permitted due to the sensitivity of the habitat.