This is the California that men dreamed of years ago, this is the Pacific that Balboa looked out on from the peak of Darien, this is the face of the earth as the Creator intended it to look. —Henry Miller, Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch

Explore the beautiful coast of Big Sur with writer and longtime National Public Radio commentator James Fallows in the October 1999 issue of TRAVELER.

LEARN MORE

Big Sur Chamber of Commerce
http://www.bigsurcalifornia.org
This official Web site includes information about events, accommodations, camping, ecology, and road rules.

Big Sur Online
http://www.bigsuronline.org
View photos of the scenic coast and read up on the locale, weather, and culture.

A Guide to California’s Big Sur
http://www.jrabold.net/bigsur/
Check out the especially helpful road maps on this site: They present information on activities, services, accommodations, and scenic vistas of the Big Sur region.

Henry Miller Library
http://www.henrymiller.org/
sbarcelon/index.html
Learn more about Big Sur’s famous “resident” writer, browse a calendar of events, and obtain directions for a scenic drive to this monument to literary genius.