Destinations · California
King City
CA · 36.2128, -121.1261
From King City, California, Byway's registries place 1 scenic byway, 1 national park, 1 public land unit and 12 campgrounds within 30 miles.
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passes through town as a freeway between Salinas at ( north) and Paso Robles ( south). & to John McVeigh Jr Memorial Hwy Hwy 198 is south of King City in San Lucas. From San Lucas it's another to Interstate 5 on Hwy 198 & 33 through Coalinga. From Interstate 5, go west on Hwy 33 from Exit 335.
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 · 26 mi · national
National parks
- Pinnacles National Park · 14 mi
Public land
- Los Padres National Forest · 7 mi
Campgrounds
- Pinnacles Campground · 19 mi
- Arroyo Seco Campground · 20 mi
- Arroyo Seco Group Campground · 20 mi
- Memorial Park Campground · 20 mi
- Escondido Campground · 21 mi
- Nacimiento Campground · 21 mi
- Ponderosa Campground · 21 mi
- China Camp Campground · 25 mi
Named places
- Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum · 1 mi
- Greenfield Memorial Hall · 11 mi
- Pettits Peak · 11 mi
- Cosio Knob · 11 mi
- Eagle Mountain · 12 mi
- Bear Mountain · 14 mi
- Pinyon Peak · 15 mi
- Gull Neck Rock · 15 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Monterey County · 9 mi
- Soledad · 18 mi
- Pinnacles National Park · 19 mi
- San Benito County · 27 mi