Del Monte Forest (Del Monte, Spanish for "of the mountain") is a habitat area, dominated by Monterey pine, with Monterey cypress, live oaks, and an understory that includes poison oak. It contains a variety of rare and endangered plants; the SFB Morse Botanical Reserve was created within the forest to preserve these endangered "white sand" species. The original forest was occupied considerably more area before urban development in the 20th century.

Del Monte Forest is also a census-designated place (CDP) in Monterey County, California. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a total population of 4,204,[5] down from 4,514 at the 2010 census. The census area includes the separate well-known community of Pebble Beach.  Pebble Beach is now the name most people associate with the entire Pebble Beach/Del Monte Forest area, which can be accessed only through five 24-hour gates with a substantial entrance fee for visitors. Residents, workers, staff, and some other locals hold entrance permits.

For purposes of eBird, Del Monte Forest means the area dominated by Monterey pine forest, mostly upslope and west of the the more urbanized lowlands in the south and along the coast. The famed 17-Mile Drive winds through parts of Del Monte Forest, as well as along the coast where there a series of birding Hot Spots. Public restrooms are at the Bird & Seal Rocks Hotspot parking lot.