Destinations · California
Salinas
CA · 36.6778, -121.6556
Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 is a signed byway within 30 miles of Salinas, California.
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Veterans Memorial Hwy passes through as a freeway from Gilroy at to the north and continues south to King City. It's another north of Gilroy to reach San Jose and south of King City to Paso Robles on US Hwy 101. Josh to Main St Hwy 68 provides a direct (30 min) from Monterey to Salinas. It enters town as Main St and ends at Josh St and US Hwy 101. to W Market St From Watsonville, through Castroville, it's or 29 min to reach Salinas.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Salinas 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 · 13 mi · national
National parks
- Pinnacles National Park · 25 mi
Public land
- Fort Ord National Monument · 4 mi
- Los Padres National Forest · 19 mi
Campgrounds
- Bottchers Gap Campround · 24 mi
- White Oaks Campground · 25 mi
- China Camp Campground · 27 mi
Lookouts
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 16 mi
- Rumsien Overlook · 17 mi
- China Lookout · 21 mi
- Granite Canyon Bridge · 22 mi
Named places
- Bataan Memorial Park · 0 mi
- National Steinbeck Center · 0 mi
- Steinbeck House & Restaurant · 0 mi
- Salinas Recreation Center · 0 mi
- Clay Street Park · 1 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden · 1 mi
- Central Park · 1 mi
- Exposition Grounds · 1 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Marina · 8 mi
- Moss Landing · 11 mi
- Seaside · 11 mi
- San Juan Bautista · 13 mi
- Carmel Valley · 14 mi
- Monterey · 14 mi