17 Mile Drive

17 Mile Scenic Drive in Pacific Grove

17-Mile Drive is a scenic road through Pebble Beach and Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula in California, much of which hugs the Pacific coastline and passes famous golf courses, mansions and scenic attractions, including the Lone Cypress, Bird Rock and the 5,300-acre Del Monte Forest of Monterey Cypress trees.

The drive serves as the main road through the gated community of Pebble Beach. Inside this community, non-residents have to pay a toll to use the road. Like the community, the majority of 17-Mile Drive is owned and operated by the Pebble Beach Corporation. 

Once entering and paying the toll, every visitor receives a small map of 17-Mile Drive, and it provides all the information you need, including the names of the stops along the way. There are 21 stop on the way through 17-Mile Drive, they are

ü  Shepherd’s Knoll

ü  Huckleberry Hill

ü  Poppy Hills Golf Course

ü  The Inn & Links at Spanish Bay

ü  Spanish Bay

ü  The Restless Sea

ü  Point Joe

ü  China Rock

ü  Bird Rock Hunt Course

ü  Bird Rock

ü  Seal Rock Picnic Area

ü  Spyglass Hill Golf Course

ü  Fanshell Overlook

ü  CypressPoint lookout

ü  Crocker Grove

ü  The Lone Cypress

ü  The Ghost Tree

ü  Pescadero Point

ü  The Lodge at Pebble Beach

ü  Peter Hay Par-3 Golf Course and 100th Open 2000 Pebble Beach Monument

ü  Pebble Beach Equestrian Center

How to Reach : The 17-Mile Drive (27 km) scenic loop having four primary entrances - the main highway entrance at California State Route 1, and entrances in Carmel and Pacific Grove.