Destinations · California
Carmel
CA · 36.5510, -121.9230
Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 is a signed byway within 30 miles of Carmel, California.
Understand
Carmel is five miles south of Monterey city in the Monterey Bay region of California. A mostly upper-class destination for adults, the town itself is small – you can walk across the main part in five minutes – but filled with art galleries, cafes, restaurants and inns. Every evening, visitors gather on the pristine beach to watch colorful sunsets. Carmel's rocky coastline is picturesque but dangerous for boats, so unlike most coastal towns in California, it was never a good base for fishing.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Carmel 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 · 1 mi · national
Public land
- Fort Ord National Monument · 6 mi
- Los Padres National Forest · 11 mi
Campgrounds
- Bottchers Gap Campround · 15 mi
- White Oaks Campground · 25 mi
- China Camp Campground · 26 mi
Lookouts
- Rumsien Overlook · 2 mi
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 2 mi
- China Lookout · 6 mi
- Granite Canyon Bridge · 8 mi
Named places
- Center for Photographic Art · 0 mi
- Sunset Cultural Center · 0 mi
- Piccadilly Park · 0 mi
- Devendorf Park · 0 mi
- The Hidden Garden · 0 mi
- Carmel Beach City Park · 0 mi
- Carmel Beach · 0 mi
- Mission Trails Preserve · 0 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Carmel Point · 0 mi
- Monterey · 4 mi
- Pacific Grove · 5 mi
- Seaside · 6 mi
- Carmel Valley · 11 mi
- Marina · 11 mi