Old Coast Road
California · United States
We ride about 5 miles along the Old Coast Road, from Andrew Molera State Park into the Little Sur River Valley before turning around and riding back. The ride is full of sweeping vistas. It can be dry and dusty or muddy depending on the season. Make sure you're ready for a ride with some loose dirt and gravel on some long hills.
Contents
9 sections · tap a section for its opening lines1Old Coast Road
Welcome, traveler. As an academic and your guide on this expedition, I am delighted to invite you to look beyond the immediate splendor of the Pacific Ocean. …
Listen in the app2The Departure and The Dust
As our tires leave the reassuring grip of the Pacific Coast Highways asphalt and make their initial contact with the raw earth of the Old Coast Road, we immediately undergo a profound shift in our sensory environment. The smooth,…
Listen in the app3The Bixby Canyon Geologic Barrier
We now arrive at a vantage point that commands a profound understanding of why the Old Coast Road exists in its current, serpentine form. As you gaze outward, you are confronted by the massive, plunging topography of Bixby Canyon. …
Listen in the app4The Shadow of the Bixby Bridge
From this elevated and inland perspective along the Old Coast Road, we are granted a unique, almost voyeuristic view of the monumental structure that ultimately rendered our current path obsolete, the Bixby Creek Bridge. Though…
Listen in the app5The Ecological Transition
As our vehicle pushes deeper into the mountainous interior of the Old Coast Road, we are about to witness one of the most remarkable ecological transitions available on the California coast. We are moving away from the…
Listen in the app6The Deep Forest Floor
We have now arrived at the very heart of the redwood canopy along the Old Coast Road, a section where the trees grow so densely that they create their own distinct, localized atmosphere. I encourage you, if possible, to stop the…
Listen in the app7The Bovine Encounter and Ranching Legacy
As we emerge from the dense, shaded canopy of the redwood forest, the landscape abruptly opens up once more, presenting us with sweeping expanses of golden, rolling hills and open pastureland. It is in these sunlit, grassy…
Listen in the app8The Elevated Vistas
Having successfully navigated the shadows of the redwoods and the unpredictable obstacles of the open pastureland, the Old Coast Road now guides us to its highest elevations. We are ascending toward the ridge crest, climbing…
Listen in the app9Closing
As our journey on the Old Coast Road draws toward its conclusion and we begin the long, winding descent back toward the modern world, it is crucial to engage in a moment of scholarly reflection. We have traversed a landscape that…
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What is Old Coast Road?
Old Coast Road is a place in California · United States with 9 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.
| Location | California · United States |
|---|---|
| Type | Heritage |
| Story sections | 9 |
| Text language | English |
| Coordinates | 36.3752, -121.8975 |
| Last updated |
