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  2. Big Sur - Wikipedia

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    Big Sur. / 36.299216; -121.873402. Big Sur ( / ˈsɜːr /) is a rugged and mountainous section of the Central Coast of the U.S. state of California, between Carmel Highlands and San Simeon, where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean. It is frequently praised for its dramatic scenery.

  3. Big Sur Coast Highway - Wikipedia

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    Highway 1 near Ragged Point at the southern end of the Big Sur region. Big Sur Coast Highway is a section of California State Route 1 through the Big Sur region of California that is widely considered to be one of the most scenic driving routes in the United States, if not the world. It is both a National Scenic Highway and a California Scenic ...

  4. Old Coast Road (Big Sur) - Wikipedia

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    It connects on the north to Highway 1 at Bixby Creek Bridge and on the south near Andrew Molera State Park. The Old Coast Road is a dirt road that still exists in part and preceded the current Big Sur Coast Highway along the northern coast of Big Sur, California. It was initially a trail created by Rumsen and Esselen Native Americans to travel ...

  5. Bixby Bridge - Wikipedia

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    4,500 [2] Location. Bixby Bridge, also known as Bixby Creek Bridge, on the Big Sur coast of California, is one of the most photographed bridges in California due to its aesthetic design, "graceful architecture and magnificent setting". [3] [4] It is a reinforced concrete open- spandrel arch bridge. The bridge is 120 miles (190 km) south of San ...

  6. McWay Falls - Wikipedia

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    Total height. 80 feet (24 m) [2] Number of drops. 1. McWay Falls is an 80-foot-tall (24 m) waterfall on the coast of Big Sur in central California that flows year-round from McWay Creek in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, about 37 miles (60 km) south of Carmel, into the Pacific Ocean. During high tide, it is a tidefall, a waterfall that empties ...

  7. Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park - Wikipedia

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    California Department of Parks and Recreation. Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park is a state park in Monterey County, California, near the area of Big Sur on the state's Central Coast. It covers approximately 1,006 acres (4.07 km 2) of land. The park is centered on the Big Sur River. It has been nicknamed a "mini Yosemite." [1]

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