Warning. This highway is famous for its beautiful coastal views, but they are
rarely to be seen between march and october. The postcards and brochures that
you see are almost invariably pictures taken in winter. There is thick fog
along highway 1 for most of the year. If no fog, then wild, cold wind.
Same weather as San Francisco.
Best is to visit in winter.
San Francisco to Santa Cruz
- Pacifica
- Devil's Slide
- Skyline (Hwy 35, between 92 and 84)
- Half Moon Bay
- Ano Nuevo (elephant seals)
- Tunitas Creek Rd
Santa Cruz area
- Boardwalk
- Santa Cruz beach
- Castle Rock beach trail
- Downtown (Pacific St)
- Capitola
- Mystery Spot (Branciforte dr, 4kms north of Boardwalk)
- Wilder Ranch
- Natural Bridges State Park
- Big Basin
Monterey to San Luis Obispo
(proceeding north to south)
- Fort Ord abandoned military base (just before Monterey)
- Monterey: Aquarium, Cannery Row, Monterey State Historic Park (Sherman Rose House 510 Calle Principal, House of the Four Winds 540 Calle Principal, Larkin House 464 Calle Principal)
- 17-mile drive
- Asilomar: 800 Asilomar Ave, Pacific Grove (Julia Morgan's buildins)
- Carmel (Carmel Mission, Ocean Ave, Carmel Beach)
- Pt Lobos (sea lions)
- Rocky Point
- Bixby Creek bridge
- Big Sur lighthouse (Pt Sur)
- Andrew Molera park
- Big Sur coast
- Pfeiffer State Beach
- Nepenthe new-age store and restaurant, overlooking the ocean
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns Park (Partington Cove, McWay Falls)
- Esalen Institute and hot springs (famous hot springs overlooking the ocean, popular with aging hippy crowd that bath naked and open to the public only late at night)
- Town of Lucia
- Lime Kiln Creek campground
- Kirk Creek campground
- Sand Dollar Beach
- Jade Cove (trailhead located off highway 1 across from milestone 13.50, about 400 meters south of Plaskett Creek Campground and just before a big left bend in the highway)
- Cape St Martin lighthouse
- Gorda
- Ragged Point
- Piedras Blancas elephant seal rookery (San Simeon)
- San Simeon: Hearst Castle
- San Luis Obispo: Mission (hiking in San Luis Obispo)
- Halcyon: Blue Star Memorial Temple (south of Pismo Beach, 3199 Temple Street, Oceano)
- Solvang: Scandinavian town
- Santa Barbara: Moxi museum, Arthur Page Brown's Crocker Row homes (2000- 2050 Garden Street), Mission
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San Francisco to Eureka
- Point Reyes
- Sea Ranch ( Condominium One)
- Bodega Bay (Doran Beach)
- Jenner (Russian river)
- Jenner grade
- Fort Ross
- Salt Point
- Mendocino
- Fort Bragg
- Lost Coast (in Shelter Cove)
- Avenue of the Giants (Phillipsville to Jordan Creek)
- Ferndale
- Eureka
- Arcata
See also Hiking in California
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