King City ⇄ the Coast

King City → Kirk Creek, or the other way · 16 stops

The only road over the Santa Lucias between Monterey and Cambria: King City, Jolon and the mission country, over the summit and down to the big blue Pacific at Kirk Creek. The escape route, the mail trail, the way in — one narrow spectacular crossing.

Who's talking: Bill Alderson — whose family first crossed these mountains by this route's trails

16 narrated stops, King City ⇄ the Coast
The crossing's history: Jolon, the Dutton Hotel, St. Luke's
Works offline — this road has no signal at all
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Westbound — to the coast

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Eastbound — to King City

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