THE DEL REY OAKS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Monterey Bay Plains and Terraces setting.
Del Rey Oaks city has 1.05 square miles of land in Monterey County. Its Census reference point is in Monterey Bay Plains and Terraces, within Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains.
Oak woodland, chaparral and grassland occupy foothills and low coastal mountains around the Central Valley. Narrow agricultural valleys interrupt this landscape of dry summers and wetter winters.
Regional context: Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Del Rey Oaks and Monterey County
Del Rey Oaks is associated with Monterey County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Del Rey Oaks by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Del Rey Oaks, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 12.8 percentage points lower than the 13% recorded for Monterey County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Del Rey Oaks city has 1.9 times the land area of nearby Sand City city (0.55 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

