Pacific Coast Highway

1. 1
   San Diego

   Suggested starting point though CA-1 legally begins further north · Cabrillo National Monument at Point Loma has coastal views and tidepools
2. 2

   Mission Beach
3. 3

   Pacific Beach
4. 4

   La Jolla

   Known for a scenic sea cove
5. 5

   Torrey Pines State Park

   Cliffside trails down to the beach · Scenic alternative to I-5
6. 6
   Del Mar
7. 7
   Solana Beach
8. 8
   Encinitas
9. 9
   Carlsbad
10. 10
    Oceanside

    Route rejoins I-5 here to continue north
11. 11
    San Clemente

    Exit point back onto Highway 1 via El Camino Real
12. 12
    Dana Point

    Official legal southern endpoint of the Pacific Coast Highway
13. 13
    Laguna Beach

    Surfing beach town
14. 14
    Newport Beach
15. 15
    Huntington Beach

    Known for its pier
16. 16
    Seal Beach

    Pier and main street town
17. 17
    Long Beach

    Optional detour off the main highway · Aquarium of the Pacific and the Queen Mary
18. 18

    Palos Verdes

    Ocean cliffs and tidepools · Highway skirts just north of it
19. 19
    Redondo Beach

    Highway rejoins the coast here
20. 20
    Hermosa Beach

    Caution advised for uncontrolled crosswalks
21. 21
    Manhattan Beach

    Caution advised for jaywalking pedestrians
22. 22
    El Segundo
23. 23

    Los Angeles International Airport

    Route passes directly under a runway · Nearby onramp floods in heavy rain, causing delays
24. 24
    Westchester
25. 25
    Marina del Rey

    Large yacht harbor
26. 26
    Venice

    Boardwalk with street performers
27. 27
    Santa Monica

    Pier with an amusement park
28. 28
    Pacific Palisades

    Home to the J. Paul Getty Villa
29. 29
    Malibu

    Known for mansions and beaches at the foot of the Santa Monica Mountains
30. 30

    Point Mugu State Park
31. 31

    Mugu Rock

    Rock formation created by the road cut through the mountain
32. 32
    Oxnard

    Route turns inland here to reach US-101 · Historic signage confusion after a 2009 realignment
33. 33
    Ventura

    Highway rejoins the coast via US-101
34. 34
    Carpinteria
35. 35
    Montecito
36. 36
    Santa Barbara
37. 37
    Goleta
38. 38

    Gaviota State Park

    Point where Highway 1 splits away from US-101 again
39. 39
    Lompoc
40. 40
    Guadalupe
41. 41
    Oceano
42. 42
    Grover Beach

    Highway rejoins the coast then merges with US-101 again
43. 43
    Pismo Beach
44. 44
    San Luis Obispo

    Highway 1 splits from US-101 again here, heading northwest
45. 45
    Morro Bay
46. 46
    Cambria
47. 47
    San Simeon

    Home to Hearst Castle
48. 48

    Big Sur

    Very scenic cliffside stretch · Isolated area with long gaps between other roads
49. 49

    Bixby Creek Bridge

    Well-known scenic bridge crossing
50. 50

    Rocky Creek Bridge

    Less famous bridge near Bixby Creek
51. 51
    Carmel

    Marks northern edge of the most isolated, cliff-hugging stretch
52. 52
    Monterey

    Highway becomes a freeway through here
53. 53

    Seaside
54. 54
    Marina
55. 55

    Elkhorn Slough

    Near Castroville; road narrows to two lanes here
56. 56
    Watsonville

    Highway is freeway again through here
57. 57
    Aptos
58. 58
    Capitola
59. 59
    Santa Cruz

    After this the road becomes rural two-lane again
60. 60
    Half Moon Bay
61. 61
    Moss Beach
62. 62
    Pacifica

    Highway becomes freeway again, turns inland toward Daly City
63. 63
    Daly City

    Merges with Interstate 280
64. 64

    Golden Gate Park

    Route passes through as 19th Avenue then Park Presidio Blvd
65. 65

    Presidio

    Route merges back with US-101 here
66. 66

    Golden Gate Bridge

    Iconic crossing of San Francisco Bay into Marin County
67. 67
    Sausalito
68. 68

    Marin Headlands
69. 69
    Stinson Beach

    Highway 1 splits from US-101 again, heads west to the coast
70. 70
    Bolinas
71. 71

    Point Reyes Station
72. 72
    Point Reyes National Seashore
73. 73

    Valley Ford

    Brief inland detour before rejoining the coast
74. 74
    Bodega Bay

    Highway rejoins the coast here
75. 75
    Fort Ross
76. 76
    Sea Ranch
77. 77
    Gualala
78. 78
    Point Arena
79. 79
    Albion
80. 80
    Mendocino
81. 81
    Fort Bragg
82. 82

    Rockport

    Small town after which the highway breaks away from the coast
83. 83

    Leggett

    Highway 1 ends here at US-101
84. 84
    Garberville

    Route continues north on US-101
85. 85

    Humboldt Redwoods State Park
86. 86
    Scotia
87. 87
    Fortuna
88. 88
    Eureka

    US-101 rejoins the coast just before here
89. 89
    Arcata
90. 90
    McKinleyville
91. 91
    Trinidad

    Small coastal town along the route
92. 92
    Redwood National Park

    Home to the world's tallest trees
93. 93
    Klamath
94. 94
    Crescent City

    Northernmost coastal town in California on this route

• Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1
• San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1

Lookouts along this trip

Scenic overlooks on the official byways this route runs along, in drive order. Each byway’s own page carries its full list.

Named places along this route

Typed places from the atlas within thirty miles of this trip, measured to its own snapped line. Each one traces to its source record, and each one lists the byways near it in return.