Destinations · California
Aptos
CA · 36.9814, -121.9075
Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 is a signed byway within 30 miles of Aptos, California.
Get in
Seven miles south of Santa Cruz and seven miles north of Watsonville on Highway 1 (US-1). Exit State Park Drive, Rio del Mar Blvd. or Freedom Blvd.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Aptos are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 · 27 mi · national
Public land
- California Coastal National Monument · 13 mi
- Fort Ord National Monument · 25 mi
Lookouts
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 28 mi
Named places
- Aptos History Museum · 0 mi
- Emmet Reed Picnic Area · 0 mi
- Pourroy Picnic Area · 0 mi
- Seacliff Village Park · 0 mi
- Aptos Village Park · 0 mi
- Tiger Lily Garden · 1 mi
- S. S. Palo Alto · 1 mi
- Cabrillo Gallery · 1 mi
A day out of Aptos, planned on real roads
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Capitola · 3 mi
- Santa Cruz · 7 mi
- Watsonville · 9 mi
- Moss Landing · 14 mi
- Marina · 21 mi
- San Juan Bautista · 22 mi