Scenic route
Pacific Coast Highway
California’s Highway 1 threads the edge of the continent past Big Sur cliffs, sea-otter coves, and the most photographed bridge on the West Coast.
Why drive it
California’s cliff-hugging coast drive.
No drive packs more jaw-drop per mile. Time it for golden hour through Big Sur and plan around fog and the occasional landslide closure.
The signature stops
What to pull over for.
01Bixby Creek Bridgethe iconic arch over a Big Sur canyonCA02McWay Fallsan 80-foot waterfall dropping straight onto the beachCA03Pfeiffer Beachpurple sand and a wave-carved rock archCA04Hearst Castlea hilltop Gilded-Age palace above San SimeonCA0517-Mile Drivethe lone-cypress coastal loop through Pebble BeachCA
Plan the drive
Build your PCH (Highway 1) trip.
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