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The coastline of Monterey County includes Big Sur, Highway 1, and the scenic 17 Mile Drive in Pacific Grove and Carmel that traces the perimeter of the Monterey Peninsula. Tourism is an important part of the economy in the coastal regions of Monterey county, although agriculture is more dominant in the inland Salinas Valley .
17-Mile Drive is a scenic road through Pebble Beach and Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula in California, much of which hugs the Pacific coastline and passes famous golf courses, mansions and scenic attractions, including the Lone Cypress, Bird Rock and the 5,300-acre Del Monte Forest of Monterey Cypress trees.
Big Sur Coast Highway (also an All-American Road), scenic drive along the Pacific coast Designated June 7, 1965, in Monterey County: San Luis Obispo County to Carmel River; Designated May 21, 1970, in Monterey County: Carmel River to SR 68 in Monterey; Cabrillo Highway, scenic drive along the Pacific coast
Utah: Highway 12 Scenic Byway. The 124-mile Highway 12 Scenic Byway passes through plenty of the glorious canyon land for which southern Utah is famous, including Red Canyon, Bryce Canyon National ...
California's scenic Highway 1 to Big Sur opens to around-the-clock travel as slide repair advances. ... Big Sur is a 90-mile (145-kilometer) stretch of the state’s central coast where misty ...
Highway 1 will not fully reopen on California’s Big Sur coast in 2024, Kevin Drabinksi, Caltrans public affairs officer said at a news conference at Ragged Point on Sept. 27, 2024.
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]
SR 68 is eligible for the State Scenic Highway System; [7] however, only the part from SR 1 to the Salinas River is designated by Caltrans as a scenic highway. [8] The Monterey-Salinas Highway is a California Scenic Route because of its views of the chaparral and springtime lupin for 14 miles (23 km) between State Route 1 in Monterey to the ...