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# Two Houses on Carmel Point
- URL: https://www.maxsidman.com/two-houses-on-carmel-point/
- Published: 2017-06-27T06:16:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-02T04:55:40.000Z
- Description: A short photo essay on two clifftop houses on Carmel Point's Scenic Drive, photographed during an early morning coastal hike.
- Author: Max Sidman
- Tags: Architecture, #Migrated-1749789291678, #sqs, #Import 2025-06-12 21:34

![carmel-pt-house-01.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/carmel-pt-house-01.jpg)

![carmel-pt-house-02.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/carmel-pt-house-02.jpg)

I spent a few days down the coast a couple weekends back, during that time I did some morning hiking through the streets and around the perimeter of Carmel Point. [At the outermost edge of the Point, on Scenic Drive right in the middle of Carmel Bay](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Carmel+Point,+Carmel-By-The-Sea,+CA+93923/@36.5428933,-121.9453072,14z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x808de623050990e9:0x83a66e613ec269c4!8m2!3d36.5430725!4d-121.9288226?ref=maxsidman.com), these two houses face out to the Pacific, sitting perched on low cliffs at opposite ends of a curved stretch of rocky beach.

Both houses have been here since I was a kid, at least 40+ years ― and I always knew they were baller status residences ― but I'd never really seen them in this light.