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Big Sur
Big Sur
is a lightly populated region of the
Central Coast
of
California
where the
Santa Lucia Mountains
rise abruptly from the
Pacific Ocean
. Although it has no specific boundaries, many definitions of the area include the of coastline from the
Carmel River
in
Monterey County
south to the
San Carpoforo Creek
in
San Luis Obispo County
, and extend about inland to the eastern foothills of the Santa Lucias. Other sources limit the eastern border to the coastal flanks of these mountains, only inland. Another practical definition of the region is the segment of
California State Route 1
from
Carmel
south to
San Simeon
. The northern end of Big Sur is about south of
San Francisco
, and the southern end is approximately northwest of
Los Angeles
.
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