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“Here for Good” Community Foundation for Monterey Ventana Trails Forever County To restore and maintain the public trails of the Ventana region. Gonzales Joshua Creek Paved Road Unpaved Road Ecological California State Parks Preserve # Major Peak Trail Carmel V Bureau of Land Management alley Rd Designated Federal or State Wilderness Other Protected Open Space Los Padres National Forest (Monterey Ranger District) Department of Defense (Private property inholdings not shown) Soledad C a ch ag ua Mount Rd Carmel T # a * s s Hastings a P 4 j a 3 )" a lo )" 5 Reserve " r C ) 2 6 a olo )" )" Jamesburg ra do R R )"1 d d )"7 )"9 O 8 101 l )" 12 d )" ¤£ C )"15 o a s t R 16 )"9 d )" )"14 )"10 )"11 )"17 Greenfield Ventana )"13 9 T Double*# )" a 25 s Cone )" s )"21 a 18 j Andrew )" 19 a )" r *# 24 a Molera )" Ventana R Big Sur )"26 d State Black Ar Cone royo Sec Park Pfeiffer )"20 *#Butte o Rd Big Sur )"22 State Park )"21 )"37 28 )"27 )"23 )" )"36 )"35 )"38 Black *#Cone )"39 29 )"32 )"33 )" )"30 V e n t a n a )"33 )"34 N o Julia )"31 r th C W i l d e r n e s s Pfeiffer o a A s Burns t r R r id o State g y e o R d )"41 S Park e Junipero c 40 o )" - Serra *# In d Peak 42 ia þ|}1 )" n 43 s )" )"44 R d )"39 )"45 )"46 Big Creek )"44 Reserve )"47 )"48 *# Cone 50 )"49 )" )"51 D Peak e l V Limekiln C F o r t e o n t n u State e r i P e H u n t e r R Park a d Lucia k )"52 Rd Na L i g g e t t cim ien to -F 53 er )" gu so n )"54 Rd Sou th C )"55 o a s t R id g e R d )"56 )"57 Los Burros/W S i l v e r il low Creek Rd P e a k Gorda W i l d e r n e s s )"58 South Coa *# 61 st R Trail Key )" idg 59 e )" Silver Rd 1. Skinner Ridge 18. East Molera 34. Zigzag Camp 51. San Antonio Peak 2. Turner Creek 19. Tin House 35. Tony 52. Kirk Creek/ Vicente Flat )"62 3. Mt. Carmel 20. Manuel Peak 36. Horse Pasture 53. Mill Creek 60 )"63 4. San Clemente 21. Pine Ridge 37. Rocky Creek 54. Slick Rock )" Mt. Mars )"65 5. Big Pines 22. Ventana Camp 38. Camp Cawatre 55. Prewitt Loop *# )"64 6. Danish Creek 23. Terrace Creek 39. Santa Lucia 56. Sand Dollar/Jade Cove anch Rd )"66 7. Rattlesnake Creek 24. Bear Basin 40. Santa Lucia Peak 57. Willow Creek R in 8. Ventana Double Cone 25. Bear Basin Connector 41. Lost Valley 58. Cruikshank w ld a 9. Carmel River 26. Church Creek 42. Lost Valley Connector 59. Buckeye B 10. Hennickson Ridge 27. Black Cone 43. Bee Camp 60. Soda Springs H e a r s t 11. Anastasia Canyon 28. Big Sur 44. North Coast Ridge 61. Salmon Creek 12. Miller Canyon 29. Boronda 45. Rodeo Flat 62. Three Peaks R a n c h 13. Round Rock Camp 30. De Angulo 46. Arroyo Seco 63. Spruce Creek 14. Puerto Suelo 31. Tanbark 47. Carrizo 64. San Carpoforo 15. Little Sur Camp 32. South Fork 48. Gamboa 65. Lottie Potrero 16. Jackson Camp 33. Marble Peak 49. Stone Ridge 66. Elk Camp s 17. Little Sur 50. Cone Peak This map is not intended for route finding or travel. Miles Map by GreenInfo Network US Forest Service or US Geological Survey maps are recommended. 0 1 2 3 4 5 www.greeninfo.org June 29, 2009.

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Coastal Management Accomplishments in the Big Sur Coast Area

CCC Hearing Item: Th 13.3 February 9, 2012 _______________________________________________________________ California Coastal Commission’s 40th Anniversary Report Coastal Management in Big Sur History and Accomplishments Gorda NORTHERN BIG SUR Gorda NORTHERN BIG SUR CENTRAL BIG SUR Gorda NORTHERN BIG SUR CENTRAL BIG SUR SOUTHERN BIG SUR Gorda “A Highway Runs Through It” Highway One, southbound, north of Soberanes Point. ©Kelly Cuffe 2012 “A Highway Runs Through It” Highway One, at Cape San Martin, Big Sur Coast. CCRP#1649 9/2/2002 “A Highway Runs Through It” Heading south on Highway One. “A Highway Runs Through It” Southbound Highway One, near Partington Point. ©Kelly Cuffe 2012 “A Highway Runs Through It” Highway One, south of Mill Creek. ©Kelly Cuffe 2012 “A Highway Runs Through It” Historic Big Creek Bridge, at entrance to U.C. Big Creek Reserve. ©Kelly Cuffe 2012 “A Highway Runs Through It” Highway One, looking south to the coastal terrace at Pacific Valley. ©Kelly Cuffe 2012 “A Highway Runs Through It” Highway One, at Monterey County line, looking south into San Luis Obispo County, with Ragged Point and Piedras Blancas in far distance (on the right). ©Kelly Cuffe 2012 NORTHERN BIG SUR “Grand Entrance View” (from the north) of the Big Sur Coast, looking southwards to Soberanes Point, with Point Sur in the distance (on the horizon to the right). ©Kelly Cuffe 2012 Garrapata State Park/Beach, looking north to Soberanes Point. ©Kelly Cuffe 2012 Mouth of Garrapata Creek (from Highway One). ©Kelly Cuffe 2012 Sign for Rocky Point Restaurant, with Notley’s Landing and Rocky Creek Bridge in distance.
Strategic Community Fuelbreak Improvement Project Final Environmental Impact Statement

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Point Lobos State Natural Reserve ⁞North Shore Cannery Point Trail

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