Route 1 - Big Sur Coast Highway

State: California
National Forest: Los Padres National Forest
Length: 72.0 mi / 115.9 km
Time to Allow: 1.5 hours to drive or five hours to experience the byway.

Travel the route that hugs the California coast, providing access to austere, windswept cypress trees, fog-shrouded cliffs and the crashing surf of the Pacific Ocean. Views include rugged canyons, towering redwoods, sea lions and other marine life.

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• Seaspray on the Green - Golfing in Monterey County
  

  From small and intimate golf experiences above the rocky cliff sides to once-in-a-lifetime rounds on internationally renowned courses, Route 1 – Big Sur Coast Highway delivers.

• Big Sur: A Journey of American Literature
  

  For over a hundred years, Big Sur has been a fertile area for artistic advancements, a variety of authors immortalize the place with the written word. Make your journey down Big Sur Coast Highway a pilgrimage of American literature. Stop in at museums and libraries dedicated to writers and their craft, visit sites immortalized in the pages of literature, and walk in the footsteps of your favorite author. In the late 19th Century, Robert Louis Stevenson lived briefly in the area, followed by the likes of John Steinbeck, Henry Miller, and Jack Kerouac. Unlike many areas honored in literature, Big Sur remains relatively unchanged over the years.

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• 1-Day Trip: A Day Along Big Sur Coast
  (California)

  Crashing waves, rolling fog, sheer rocky cliffs, and pleasant bends and curves make a trip down Big Sur Coast Highway an unforgettable experience....