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    Deetjen's Big Sur Inn, a collection of single wall buildings, cabins, and a restaurant in Castro Canyon, was one of the first visitor accommodation to...
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    Big Sur (/ˈsɜːr/) is a rugged and mountainous section of the Central Coast of the U.S. state of California, between Carmel Highlands and San Simeon, where...
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    0 km) south to Castro Canyon, near the present-day location of Deetjen's Big Sur Inn. As late as the 1920s, only two homes in the entire region had electricity...
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    Posts and Castro Canyon, ending near the present-day location of Deetjen's Big Sur Inn. The 30-mile (48 km) trip from Carmel could take three days by wagon...
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  • The Sandpiper (category Big Sur)
    single mother living with her young son Danny in an isolated beach house in Big Sur, California. She makes a modest living as an artist and homeschools her...
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  • Confederate General from Big Sur (1964), about a seemingly delusional man who believes he is a descendant of a Confederate general from Big Sur. Brautigan continued...
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  • Big Sur Station is a multiagency visitor center and ranger station operated by Caltrans, the Los Padres National Forest, and California State Parks. It...
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  • The policies protecting land used in Big Sur are some of the most restrictive local-use standards in California, and are widely regarded as one of the...
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  • Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch is a memoir written by Henry Miller, first published in 1957, about his life in Big Sur, California, where...
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  • The Big Sur International Marathon is an annual marathon held in California, United States along the Pacific coast. The marathon was established in 1986...
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    States in 1961, Thompson visited San Francisco and eventually lived in Big Sur, where he spent eight months as security guard and caretaker at Slates...
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  • The Big Sur Jade Festival is an annual three-day event held in southern Big Sur in Monterey County, California. It is organized by the non-profit South...
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    The El Sur Ranch, located on the Big Sur coast of California, has been continuously operated as a cattle ranch since 1834. The approximately 7,100 acres...
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    southernmost naturally occurring grove of redwoods is found within the Big Sur region in the Southern Redwood Botanical Area, a 17 acres (6.9 ha) reserve...
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    the south of Big Sur, California. Erected in 1867, the homestead evolved through five generations of the Post family settling the Big Sur coast in California...
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    Ansel Adams (category People from Big Sur, California)
    friend offered to sell them property in Carmel Highlands, overlooking the Big Sur coastline. With architect Eldridge Spencer, they began planning the new...
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    McWay Falls (category Big Sur)
    McWay Falls is an 80-foot-tall (24 m) waterfall on the coast of Big Sur in central California that flows year-round from McWay Creek in Julia Pfeiffer...
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  • Cloyne Court Hotel Colony Palms Hotel Culver Hotel Cypress Inn De Anza Hotel Deetjen's Big Sur Inn Disneyland Hotel Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa...
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    Ragged Point (California) (category Big Sur)
    southern end of Big Sur in northern San Luis Obispo County. The Ragged Point Inn and Resort is located in the area, which, as with much of Big Sur, features...
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    Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park is a state park in Monterey County, California, near the area of Big Sur on the state's Central Coast. It covers approximately...
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    Jean Varda (category People from Big Sur, California)
    1940 he moved to Anderson Creek, in Big Sur, California, and after that to Monterey, about forty miles north of Big Sur. In late 1943, he persuaded the writer...
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    The Big Sur River is a 15.7-mile-long (25.3 km) river on the Central Coast of California. The river drains a portion of the Big Sur area, a thinly settled...
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  • Celebration at Big Sur (also known simply as Celebration) is a film of the 1969 Big Sur Folk Festival in Big Sur, California, featuring Crosby, Stills...
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  • Nathaniel drafted the Big Sur Land Use Plan, a master plan to protect Big Sur's scenic coastline. This work became the foundation for Big Sur's eventual land-use...
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    Jade Cove (category Big Sur)
    Jade Cove is located in the southern area of Big Sur on the California central coast. It contains the only concentrated underwater deposit of quality...
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    The Basin Complex Fire was a massive wildfire near Big Sur that ignited on June 21, 2008 and was the result of a lightning strike. It eventually grew...
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  • Kaffe Fassett (category Big Sur)
    to parents William and Madeleine, who built the successful Nepenthe in Big Sur, California. He is the great-grandson of the wealthy businessman, lawyer...
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  • The Big Sur Land Trust is a private 501(c)(3) non-profit located in Monterey, California, that has played an instrumental role in preserving land in California's...
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  • Michael Murphy (author) (category People from Big Sur, California)
    graduate, Dick Price. In 1962, they founded Esalen Institute together in Big Sur, California on 127 acres (0.51 km2) of property owned by Murphy's family...
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    Pfeiffer Beach (category Big Sur)
    Pfeiffer Beach is located in the Big Sur region of California. It is one of the most popular beaches on the Central Coast and is well known for Keyhole...
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