However, despite the many bends, occasional steep sections and shortage of overtaking places, the highway is a good route that can be driven in around three hours though a day is more normal, to allow stopping at the many overlooks, beaches and trails, many of which are within nine state parks (see below). The Big Sur coast has few facilities, and only one through road leads inland for 101 miles of Highway 1. The Pacific coastline north of San Francisco is also very impressive, but it is less accessible and some parts are more developed. Apart from a few miles near Pfeiffer Point, the highway follows right beside the ocean, sometimes at water level, in other places rising quite high above - rounding steep promontories and bridging deep canyons - making this one of the most famous and scenic drives in the state. On most maps, Big Sur is merely a small village along Highway 1 close to the Pacific Ocean in the foothills of the rugged Santa Lucia Mountains, though the name is more widely applied to a 70 mile section of the central California coast, from Carmel in the north southwards to San Simeon - for all this distance the hillsides slope steeply down to the ocean forming a seemingly endless line of sheer cliffs, rocky coves and sandy beaches.
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