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Highway 1
Highway 1 Review
One of California's most spectacular drives, Highway 1 snakes up the coast north of San Simeon. Numerous pullouts along the way offer tremendous views and photo ops. On some of the beaches, huge elephant seals lounge nonchalantly, seemingly oblivious to the attention of rubberneckers. Heavy rain sometimes causes mudslides that block the highway north and south of Big Sur.
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- Phone: 888/836-0866 for Hwy. 1 conditions between Cambria and Carmel
- Website: www.dot.ca.gov
- Location: Southern Big Sur
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