Rancho Tularcitos

Rancho Tularcitos
Los Tularcitos
View of Rancho Tularcitos from west of the ranch, circa 1960s
Rancho Los Tularcitos
Location of Monterey County, California
Coordinates: 36°28′12″N 121°37′48″W / 36.47000°N 121.63000°W / 36.47000; -121.63000
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyMonterey County
Area
  Total
26,581 acres (10,757 ha)

Rancho Tularcitos was a 26,581-acre (107.57 km2) Mexican land grant in present day Monterey County, California given in 1834 by Governor José Figueroa to Rafael Gómez. Tularcitos means "place of the little Tule thickets". The grant was in the upper Carmel Valley, along Tularcitos Creek, and was bounded on the west by Rancho Los Laureles.