Destinations · California
Carmel Valley
CA · 36.4800, -121.7380
From Carmel Valley, California, Byway's registries place 1 scenic byway, 1 national park, 2 public land units and 7 campgrounds within 30 miles.
Get in
Take Carmel Valley Road east from Highway 1 across from Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Day-trip loops
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Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 · 10 mi · national
National parks
- Pinnacles National Park · 27 mi
Public land
- Los Padres National Forest · 5 mi
- Fort Ord National Monument · 6 mi
Campgrounds
- Bottchers Gap Campround · 10 mi
- White Oaks Campground · 14 mi
- China Camp Campground · 16 mi
- Arroyo Seco Campground · 22 mi
- Arroyo Seco Group Campground · 22 mi
- Escondido Campground · 27 mi
- Memorial Park Campground · 29 mi
Lookouts
- Rumsien Overlook · 10 mi
- Granite Canyon Bridge · 11 mi
- Calla Lily Valley · 11 mi
- Kasler Point · 11 mi
Named places
- Vasquez Knob · 1 mi
- Fern Falls · 2 mi
- Peñon Peak · 3 mi
- Galante Winery · 4 mi
- Picard Trade Bead Museum · 5 mi
- Fish Head Hill · 5 mi
- Saddle Mountain · 6 mi
- Mount Carmel · 7 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Carmel · 11 mi
- Carmel Point · 11 mi
- Seaside · 11 mi
- Monterey · 12 mi
- Pacific Grove · 14 mi
- Salinas · 14 mi