The Environmental Education & Community Outreach (EECO) Division is dedicated to connecting the public with parks and open space by encouraging life-long learning and appreciation of the natural and cultural resources within our community through:

Garland Ranch Regional Park is the “granddaddy”’ of the MPRPD properties, representing the District’s first parkland acquisition. The park was purchased in 1975 from William Garland II, who generously gifted a portion of the cost by reducing the purchase price to below fair market value.  An eminent southern…

Residents and visitors alike benefit from the spectacular natural beauty of the Monterey Peninsula. The region’s ecologically diverse native landscapes, including undeveloped coastal dunes and wetlands, rocky shoreline, redwood canyons, Monterey pine terraces, and mixed hardwood flood plains are a major…

The coastal dunes along our south Monterey Bay form a narrow edge between former dunes where we live and the bay. This strip of land is steadily changing from wind and wave forces. During especially strong winter storms, this change can be quite obvious along the foredune. Beyond the storm-wave run-up area the…

You can visit any of the pages to access information about MPRPD parks and open spaces. You can also access information about public park properties operated by other governmental agencies within the region.