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Carmel-by-the-Sea

California

A storybook California village with a white beach and its old mission.

Photo: Mutante · CC BY-SA 3.0
Best Time to Go
Apr–May, Sep–Oct
Our full guide to Carmel-by-the-Sea is being written. It's on the California list as Worth a Detour.

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California
About 3.7 miles away

Cannery Row and one of the country's best aquariums, on the California coast.

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Big Sur and the Pacific Coast Highway

California
About 18 miles away

Highway 1 clings to cliffs above the Pacific for 90 miles, with redwood groves and coves along the way.

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Nature · National parks

Pinnacles National Park

California
About 42 miles away

Spires of old volcanic rock, talus caves with bats, and a chance to see California condors, two hours from San Francisco.

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