Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
If you have any sunlight left, keep trucking down the highway to
Salmon Creek Falls
through May. Tucked up a forested canyon, this double-drop waterfall can be glimpsed
from the hairpin turn on Hwy 1, about 8 miles south of Gorda. Roadside parking gets very
crowded, as everyone takes the 0.3-mile walk up to the falls to splash around in the pools,
where kids shriek and dogs happily bark.
Before leaving Lucia, make sure you've got at least enough fuel in the tank to reach the
expensive gas stations at Gorda, about 11 miles south of Limekiln State Park, or Ragged
Point, another 12 miles further south.
Ragged Point
LANDMARK
Your last - or first - taste of Big Sur's rocky grandeur comes at this craggy cliff outcrop-
ping with fabulous views of the coastline in both directions, about 15 miles north of Hearst
Castle. Once part of the Hearst empire, it's now taken over by a sprawling, ho-hum lodge
with a pricey gas station. Heading south, the land grows increasingly wind-swept as Hwy
1 rolls gently down to the water's edge.
