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The history of Big Sur. The rugged area was first developed as an area for redwood timbering at the turn of the 19th century; the town wasn’t even wired for electricity until the 1950s. Today ...
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."
The creek forms a natural northern boundary of the Big Sur region. [9] In 1874, a seam of low grade bituminous coal was found in upper Malpaso Canyon. [10] On September 6, 1888, shortly after ownership of the Rancho San Jose y Sur Chiquito was resolved by a court, almost all of the claimants banded together to form the Carmelo Land and Coal ...
The road briefly leaves the coast for a few miles, passing through a redwood forest in the Big Sur River valley. The Big Sur segment of the highway, built between 1919 and 1937, also crosses a number of historic bridges, including the scenic Bixby Bridge, a reinforced concrete arch with a 320-foot (98 m) span that passes over the Bixby Creek ...
The section of Highway 1 running through Big Sur is widely considered one of the most scenic driving routes in the United States, if not the world. [134] [135] [136] The views are one reason that Big Sur was ranked second among all United States destinations in TripAdvisor's 2008 Travelers' Choice Destination Awards. [137]
Since a chunk of Highway 1 fell into the ocean, Big Sur has been essentially isolated. Now, a stretch of roadway will be reopened using the northbound lane. Big Sur's Highway 1 to reopen Friday ...
Approximate boundaries of the Big Sur region. Big Sur is not an incorporated town but a region without formal boundaries in California's Central Coast region. [17] The region is often confused with the small community of buildings and services 26 miles (42 km) south of Carmel in the Big Sur River valley, sometimes referred to by locals as Big Sur Village, but officially known as Big Sur. [17 ...
A rare vagrant Ivory Gull on a Central Coast beach. The Central Coast is an area of California, roughly spanning the coastal region between Point Mugu and Monterey Bay.It lies northwest of Los Angeles and south of the San Francisco Bay Area, and includes the rugged, rural, and sparsely populated stretch of coastline known as Big Sur.