Big Sur California PCH 1 Vacation Drive Photo, mile 60 Henry Miller Memorial Library
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A picture of the highway sign and front entrance to Henry Miller Memorial Library
Photo Information: The entrance sign and front gate to Henry Millers Memorial Library, easily spotted from the PCH 1.
Henry Millers legacy are kept alive by a non-profit organization for the arts here at his once residence which is now a museum / book store and has become a center for local cultural art related events. Who was Henry Miller?
"Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American novelist and painter. He was known for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of 'novel' that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is distinctly always about and expressive of the real-life Henry Miller and yet is also fictional. His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn and Black Spring. He also wrote travel memoirs and essays of literary criticism and analysis." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As this stretch of highway 1 takes you along the coast then through the Redwood Forests of the Big Sur River Valley you come upon a number of clusters of little business areas all within a few miles of each other. They are all wonderful in their own ways and vary slightly but the one thing they have in common is they are there for you and have been for many years to do their best to serve the Pacific Coast Highway traveler and they generally do that well. Each is like a mini-resort or private campground offering a smorgasbord of traveler/vacationer facilities and services. If you stop and where you stop and what you do can depend on many things. What time of year it is, what are your needs and desires and what your budget i$.
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If you are looking for a place to stay this website has a guide to all the Big Sur Hotel Lodgings, personally I prefer the Big Sur Campgrounds. If you are planning on being hungry during your trip there is a Guide to All the Big Sur Restaurants but I must say my favorite Big Sir Restaurant for breakfast is Ragged Point Inn Restaurant and for lunch or dinner it is Nepenthe.
The Big Sur Valley Businesses fall along the highway in this order:
- Mile 57: Coast Gallery
- Mile 60: Deetjen's Big Sur Inn / (YOU ARE HERE) Henry Miller Library / Nepenthe
- Mile 61: Post Ranch Inn / Ventana Inn & Spa
- Mile 62: Big Sur Center, Deli, Grocery, Post Office (Big Sur Beach turn off to Sycamore Canyon Rd)
- Mile 63: Big Sur Ranger Station / Big Sur Lodge / Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
- Mile 64: Fernwood Resort
- Mile 65: Ripplewood Resort / Glen Oaks
- Mile 65: Riverside Campground & Cabins
- Mile 65: Big Sur Campground and Cabins
- Mile 65: Big Sur River Inn
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- Official Nonprofit Henry Miller Memorial Library Website
831-667-2574
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- free internet access
- Distance from San Simeon CA: 60 miles; Mileage to Carmel: 29 miles
- Scenic Big Sur Pacific Coast Highway 1 Mile Marker: MON 43.6
- Latitude & Longitude: Lat N 36° 13.252 Lon W 121° 45.258
