PACIFIC GROVE

resort and residential city, Monterey county, western California, U.S. It lies along Monterey Bay and adjoins the city of Monterey. Founded in 1874 by Methodists as a religious retreat, the city remains a centre for conferences of religious and other groups. Pacific Grove is the northern terminus of the scenic Seventeen Mile Drive from Carmel. The famous Butterfly Trees on Lighthouse Avenue are covered each winter by monarch butterflies that migrate from Canada and Alaska. Point Pinos Lighthouse is on the bay. The city is the site of the Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University and has a natural-history museum. Inc. 1889. Pop. (1990) 16,117; (1994 est.) 16,521.