officials say northbound drivers on that route won’t be able to reach Big Sur directly for at least two months. This means that through at least mid-June, northbound drivers can use the coastal route to reach Cayucos, Cambria, Hearst Castle and San Simeon (all in San Luis Obispo County), but not Big Sur attractions farther north, such as Nepenthe restaurant, McWay Falls, Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn, the Big Sur River Inn and the Bixby Creek Bridge. Guests of the Big Sur River Inn often sit in Adirondack chairs with their feet in the Big Sur River. “The truth is we’re America’s most beautiful cul-de-sac right now,” Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn general manager Matt Glazer told SFGate.com recently. Finally, about a mile north of that, is the Dani Creek Slide (post mile 22.6), where most of the blacktop has crumbled and fallen down the hill.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 27, 2023 20:32 UTC