Destinations · California
Pacific Grove
CA · 36.6220, -121.9240
Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 is a signed byway within 30 miles of Pacific Grove, California.
Understand
The first European to land in Pacific Grove was Juan Rodrigues Cabrillo, in 1542. The first settlement in the area, however, was in 1855, when the Point Pinos Lighthouse began operation. It still stands and is the oldest continually operating lighthouse on the West Coast. Lighthouse Road, one of the two main streets in Pacific Grove, was constructed to bring supplies from Monterey to Point Pinos.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Pacific Grove 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 · 3 mi · national
Public land
- Fort Ord National Monument · 6 mi
- Los Padres National Forest · 16 mi
- California Coastal National Monument · 28 mi
Campgrounds
- Bottchers Gap Campround · 20 mi
- White Oaks Campground · 28 mi
Lookouts
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 3 mi
- Rumsien Overlook · 7 mi
- China Lookout · 11 mi
- Granite Canyon Bridge · 13 mi
Named places
- Dr. Gary A. Kildall - IEEE Milestone In Electrical Engineering And Computing · 0 mi
- Caledonia Park · 0 mi
- George Washington Park · 0 mi
- Elmarie H. Dyke Open Space · 0 mi
- Pacific Grove Ball Park · 0 mi
- Motorcycle Museum · 0 mi
- Pacific Grove Community Garden · 0 mi
- Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History · 0 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Monterey · 3 mi
- Seaside · 4 mi
- Carmel · 5 mi
- Carmel Point · 5 mi
- Marina · 8 mi
- Carmel Valley · 14 mi