Big Sur California PCH 1 Vacation Drive Photo mile 63, Big Sur Ranger Station, like a Big Sur Visitor Center...

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Photo Information: This is the multi-agency facility building housing the California Department of Parks, the U.S. Forest Service and the California Department of Transportation. This is Big Sur Station a place you should visit and take advantage of. Forestry personnel are available during normal business hours 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM (PST) 831-667-2315 and have thorough Big Sur knowledge and information to answer your questions about hiking, camping, road conditions and more. At the Nature Store and gift shop you can pick up trail maps, books, posters, and lots of other information and stuff.

As this stretch of highway 1 takes you 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 / 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: YOU ARE HERE: 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

• Big Sur Station business hours: hours 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM (PST); Telephone: 831-667-2315
• Distance from San Simeon CA: 63 miles; Mileage to Carmel: 26 miles
• A large parking lot, public restrooms, and telephones and the Pine Ridge Trailhead are all here too.
• Scenic Big Sur Pacific Coast Highway 1 Mile Marker: MON 46.3
• Latitude & Longitude: Lat N 36° 14.864 Lon W 121° 46.906

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