The scenery-saturated 17-Mile Drive in Pebble Beach is stomach-dropping. Coastal cliffs rising from the sea. White sandy beaches kissing the surf. A sea of sand dunes that disappears into a majestic forest full of whimsical cypress and towering pines. Deer graze carefree, birds soar overhead and marine mammals bark from just offshore.
“Land and sea meet splendidly here, with jutting rocks, hanging fog, shrieking gulls and sometimes backstroking sea otters,” observes The Los Angeles Times.
But no description can properly place you on 17-Mile Drive. Here are 17 photos — or 17,000 words — that capture a sliver of the bountiful beauty along 17-Mile Drive:
1. IT’S AN ENCHANTING DRIVE
2. FULL OF TWISTS AND TURNS
3. AND INSPIRING SUNSETS
4. AT TIMES IT CAN FEEL MYSTICAL
5. WHETHER YOU’RE HERE OR NOT
6. YOU CAN SEE THE SEA
7. ON BEAUTIFUL BOARDWALKS
8. AT BUSTLING BIRD ROCK
9. LAPPING ONTO PERFECT BEACHES
10. AS THE FINISH LINE TO A GORGEOUS HIKE
11. AND LURKING BEHIND THE SPOOKY GHOST TREES AT PESCADERO POINT
12. THE LONE CYPRESS IS BREATH-TAKING AT SUNRISE
13. SUNSET
14. AND EVEN AT NIGHT
15. SUNSETS ARE ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY SCOTTISH TUNES
16. A KALEIDOSCOPE OF COLORS