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Photograph of Whalers Cabin
Photograph by Sean O'Flaherty, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Whalers Cabin

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1913.

From the record

“The Whalers Cabin near Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, is a historic building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located in what is now Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, four miles south of Carmel.”

Wikipedia article Whalers Cabin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 64 National Register listings published here for Monterey County · listed in 2007 · category: Site.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Pt. Lobos State Reserve, 4 mi. S of Carmel, Carmel, 93923
  • When was it listed? May 2007
  • Category. site
  • Census division. Carmel-by-the-Sea
  • National Register reference number. 07000406 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1913 to 1997

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Whalers Cabin, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet covering Whalers Cabin, surveyed 1913

Fires near this property

249 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 249 fires within 5 miles of Whalers Cabin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 133,940 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined135
Equipment and vehicle use45
Recreation and ceremony13
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Debris and open burning8
Natural4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitOTTER
8 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictEQUESTRIAN
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCentral California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1835
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitSAN CARLOS
6 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey Unit17 MILE DR / BIRD ROCK RD
6 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitMEADOWS
30 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution5.4 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitCOAST RIDGE RD CARMEL_HI
30 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitMATHESON

Every fire recorded in Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Whalers Cabin: 16 past producers, 7 producers, 2 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Del Monte Prop. Co-Fan Shell BeachSilicaPast Producer
Del Monte Prop. Co. - Fanshell BeahSand and Gravel, Construction, FeldsparPast Producer
MachadoSlate, DimensionPast Producer
Santa Lucia Quarries, Ltd.FlagstonePast Producer
Carmel Stone Quarry-AnthonyStone, DimensionPast Producer
Carmel Stone Quarry-PassadoriStone, DimensionPast Producer
Whaler's CoveStone, DimensionPast Producer
De Amaral-Carmel Highlands DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Del Monte Properties Co. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Del Monte Properties Co. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monterey County

Maps showing this location

13 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Robinson Jeffers House1.6 miles
Mrs. Clinton Walker House1.8 miles2016
Carmel Mission1.8 miles1966
Sunset Center2.2 miles1998
Outlands in the Eighty Acres2.3 miles1989
Arthur and Kathleen Connell House4.7 miles2014

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 07000406 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Monterey CountyAll 64 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.