Along the Highway
California's scenic Highway 1 is the only road through the Big Sur region. Travelers, like residents, go from where they are to almost every other point in the region on Highway 1. As a result, it is convenient to describe Big Sur's points of interest to the traveler as points along the line of Highway 1.
In these Along the Highway pages of this Guide, each major location the traveler encounters along California Highway 1 in the Big Sur region is located and described. Links are provided to the other sections of the guide and to selected relevant sites elsewhere on the Web.
Follow a link to a location that interests you.
This list is sorted from north to south.
[Show this list sorted from south to north.]
- Carmel River Bridge
- Carmel River State Beach (south access)
- Point Lobos State Reserve
- Carmel Highlands
- Garrapata State Park
- Abalone Cove Vista Point
- Rocky Point
- Palo Colorado Road (to Bottchers Gap)
- Rocky Creek Bridge
- Bixby Creek Bridge / Coast Road (north end)
- Hurricane Point
- Little Sur River Bridge
- Point Sur Lightstation State Historic Park
- Big Sur River Valley
- Andrew Molera State Park / Coast Road (south end)
- Big Sur River Inn vicinity
- Big Sur Campground and Cabins vicinity
- Riverside Campground and Cabins vicinity
- Ripplewood and Glen Oaks vicinity
- Fernwood vicinity
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
- Big Sur Station
- Sycamore Canyon Road (to Pfeiffer Beach)
- Big Sur Center and Loma Vista vicinity
- Post Ranch and Ventana vicinity
- Nepenthe and Hawthorne vicinity
- Henry Miller Library vicinity
- Deetjen's vicinity
- Coast Gallery and Cafe vicinity
- Partington Canyon Trail (Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park)
- Burns North Vista Point (Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park)
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
- Slates Hot Springs vicinity
- Big Creek Bridge
- North Gamboa Vista Point
- Lucia
- Limekiln State Park
- Kirk Creek Campground
- Nacimiento-Fergusson Road
- Mill Creek Day Use Area
- Pacific Valley Information Station
- Sand Dollar Beach Picnic Area
- Plaskett Creek Campground
- Jade Cove
- Willow Creek Vista Point and Picnic Area
- Gorda
- Cruickshank Trailhead
- Soda Springs Trailhead
- Buckeye Trailhead
- Salmon Creek Trailhead
- Ragged Point Inn vicinity
- Piedras Blancas
- Point Piedras Blancas Vista Points
- Hearst Castle® vicinity
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