Monterey Moon Tree - Monterey (CA)

5 /5 Gary Standke: Free to visit with free parking nearby. Pretty tree, but nothing special.

5 /5 Kris: super cool nugget of history here - in 1971, a bunch of seeds were taken to the moon and then were brought back to earth to be studied to see if and how space affected the seeds at all. I definitely recommend looking up and reading the full story of the seeds’ trip to the moon! unfortunately, like we humans often do, the trees were put on the back burner and not given the attention they deserved, and not many of the 400 seedlings were tracked and so we only know where a handful of them are now. but I’m happy one of them made it to Monterey and has been cared for well! lots of other nice plants in this area as well, along with the interesting and disturbing history behind the jail and Colton Hall…

4 /5 A-Chau Caban: Beautiful redwood tree and unique looking with dropping branches like a weeping willow. The most amazing part is knowing the seed for this tree actually went into space in an Apollo shuttle. It’s on the ground of city Hall of Monterey which has a small free museum nearby too. That was an extra bonus.

5 /5 Nerdy Bird: Fun piece of history and a beautiful park. Nice small museum with california history.

4 /5 Evan Huntzinger: Didnt know tree existed! Neat story, but tree is nondescript. Because youre in the area might as well drop by for a pic. Not many people have seen a Moon Tree. See other peoples posts for pics. Next to tree is historic building in which the California constitutional convention was held as well as a historic jail.