På gång i Big Sur (Highway 1), United States under året

Mycket folk — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Regel

  Campsites and lodges book six months out

  1 jan – 31 decBoka tidigt

  State park campsites release on ReserveCalifornia six months ahead to the day, and the Big Sur sites go in the first minutes. The handful of lodges on the highway behave the same way. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Elephant seals at Piedras Blancas (1 dec – 31 maj (vanligtvis)), Highway 1 slide season (1 dec – 15 apr (vanligtvis)), Gray whale migration (15 dec – 1 maj (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Natur

  Coastal wildflowers

  15 feb – 15 maj · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  The hills are green for exactly one part of the year, and the lupine, poppies and Indian paintbrush follow the winter rain from late February. By July the same slopes are gold and dry.

Pågår fortfarande: Campsites and lodges book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec), Elephant seals at Piedras Blancas (1 dec – 31 maj (vanligtvis)), Highway 1 slide season (1 dec – 15 apr (vanligtvis)), Gray whale migration (15 dec – 1 maj (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Spring break i United States

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Campsites and lodges book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec), Coastal wildflowers (15 feb – 15 maj (vanligtvis)), Elephant seals at Piedras Blancas (1 dec – 31 maj (vanligtvis)), Highway 1 slide season (1 dec – 15 apr (vanligtvis)), Gray whale migration (15 dec – 1 maj (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

• Festival

  Big Sur International Marathon

  20–30 apr · vanligtvisSportevenemangStängningarBoka tidigt

  Run north along Highway 1 to Carmel on the last Sunday of April, which means the road is closed to southbound traffic all morning. Lodging on the coast is booked a year out for it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Campsites and lodges book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec), Coastal wildflowers (15 feb – 15 maj (vanligtvis)), Elephant seals at Piedras Blancas (1 dec – 31 maj (vanligtvis)), Highway 1 slide season (1 dec – 15 apr (vanligtvis)), Gray whale migration (15 dec – 1 maj (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer weekend traffic

• Säsong

  Summer weekend traffic

  20 maj – 10 sep · vanligtvisDagsturisternas tryckTrångt

  Highway 1 is one lane each way with almost nowhere to pull over, and between Memorial Day and Labor Day the weekend queue for Bixby Bridge and McWay backs onto the road. Weekday mornings are a different coast. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Campsites and lodges book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec), Coastal wildflowers (15 feb – 15 maj (vanligtvis)), Elephant seals at Piedras Blancas (1 dec – 31 maj (vanligtvis)), Gray whale migration (15 dec – 1 maj (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Summer weekend traffic, Summer break i United States

• Säsong

  Summer fog

  1 jun – 31 augDimsäsong

  The marine layer sits on the coast through the summer, so the famous views are grey until midday and the redwood canyons are cold. September and October are the clear months here.

Pågår fortfarande: Campsites and lodges book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec), Summer weekend traffic (20 maj – 10 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Summer weekend traffic, Summer break i United States

• Natur

  Blue and humpback whales offshore

  1 jul – 15 okt · vanligtvisValsäsong

  Upwelling packs krill into the submarine canyon and the big rorquals work the shelf all summer. The boats go from Monterey, but on a flat day you can pick out blows from the headland pullouts. Källa ↗

• Risk

  Fire season

  15 jul – 1 nov · vanligtvisRöksäsongStängningar

  The Ventana wilderness burns regularly and a bad fire closes the highway, the state parks and the campgrounds at once. Late summer and autumn are when it happens. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Campsites and lodges book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec), Summer weekend traffic (20 maj – 10 sep (vanligtvis)), Summer fog (1 jun – 31 aug)

Mest folk — Summer weekend traffic, Summer break i United States

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Campsites and lodges book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec), Summer weekend traffic (20 maj – 10 sep (vanligtvis)), Summer fog (1 jun – 31 aug), Blue and humpback whales offshore (1 jul – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Fire season (15 jul – 1 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Summer weekend traffic, Summer break i United States

• Säsong

  The clear months

  5 sep – 31 okt · vanligtvisTorrsäsong

  The fog lifts after Labor Day, the summer traffic goes, and the coast gets six or seven weeks of the clearest air of the year before the winter rain starts.

Pågår fortfarande: Campsites and lodges book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec), Summer weekend traffic (20 maj – 10 sep (vanligtvis)), Blue and humpback whales offshore (1 jul – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Fire season (15 jul – 1 nov (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Campsites and lodges book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec), Blue and humpback whales offshore (1 jul – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Fire season (15 jul – 1 nov (vanligtvis)), The clear months (5 sep – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Thanksgiving break i United States

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Campsites and lodges book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec), Fire season (15 jul – 1 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Keyhole Arch sunset, Winter / Christmas break i United States

• Natur

  Elephant seals at Piedras Blancas

  1 dec – 31 maj · vanligtvisDjurlivssäsong

  Thousands of northern elephant seals haul out on the beach at the south end of the coast road, pupping in January and moulting into spring. Free, unfenced and audible from the car park. Källa ↗

• Stängt

  Highway 1 slide season

  1 dec – 15 apr · vanligtvisRisk

  Winter storms put rock and mud onto the coast road most years, and a bad slide can shut a section for months or seasons. Check the state road conditions before you commit to driving through. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Keyhole Arch sunset

  8–28 dec · vanligtvisMörkersäsongTrångt

  For a fortnight around the solstice the setting sun lines up through the arch at Pfeiffer Beach and lights the water inside it. The tiny car park fills by three and the unsigned road in is easy to drive past. Källa ↗

• Natur

  Gray whale migration

  15 dec – 1 maj · vanligtvisValsäsong

  The southbound migration passes close inshore from mid-December, and the northbound mothers and calves hug the coast even closer from March. Any pull-out with a view will do.

Pågår fortfarande: Campsites and lodges book six months out (1 jan – 31 dec)