The dense fog typical of this area provides moisture during the long dry summers. Most of the redwoods along the Monterey coast show evidence of having been through many fires. They have the remarkable ability to sprout again after a fire. The stone is found in the cliff face and in pebble form on the shore. It its purest form it is white, but impurities give jade almost every color imaginable.
Pastel colors are the most common.
Reds, blues, pinks and emerald green are the rarest hues. Limekilns A privately owned and operated campground offers trails to waterfalls, redwood groves and historic limekiln processing sites. For a nominal fee, visitors can park and take a short trail to the site of the big limekilns. In 1880, the Rockland Lime and Lumber Company erected four limekilns. Limestone was cooked in large kilns to make slack lime which was then hauled by wagons or packed out to landings where it was transported by boat to San Francisco and other points.