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San Simeon (Spanish: San Simeón, meaning "St. Simon") is an unincorporated community [2] on the Pacific coast of San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.Its position along State Route 1 is about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, each of those cities being roughly 230 miles (370 km) away.
Hearst Castle is located near the town of San Simeon, California, approximately 250 mi (400 km) from both Los Angeles and San Francisco, and 43 mi (69 km) from San Luis Obispo at the northern end of San Luis Obispo County. [280]
William Randolph Hearst Memorial State Beach is located near the historic town of San Simeon along California State Route 1, in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. It is named for newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951), [1] whose family is closely associated with the area.
Hearst San Simeon State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving rocky coast and rare habitats. It is located between Cambria and San Simeon . The 3,409-acre (1,380 ha) park was first established in 1932. [ 1 ]
Piedras Blancas Light Station is located at Point Piedras Blancas, about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west by northwest of San Simeon, California. [2] [3] [4] ...
He also bought most of Rancho San Simeon, and part of Rancho Santa Rosa, two other adjacent land grants. [1] The other ranch is the 73,000-acre (300 km 2) Jack Ranch at Cholame, California, which was acquired by the Hearst Corporation in 1966. The Jack Ranch comprises most of Rancho Cholame, an 1844 land grant, plus additional lands. The ranch ...
Rancho San Simeon was a 4,469-acre (18.09 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Luis Obispo County, California given in 1842 by Governor Juan Alvarado to José Ramón Estrada. [1] The grant extended along the Pacific Coast from Rancho Piedra Blanca at Pico Creek, south along the coast to San Simeon Creek, [ 2 ] and includes the present ...
Rockslide on Highway 1 near the San Luis Obispo County line on February 18, 1994. On January 15, 1952, the highway was closed 7 miles (11 km) north of San Simeon to Big Sur due to "numerous heavy slides". [63] December 1955 was the fifth wettest since 1872.