Big Sur
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Big Sur is a rugged and mountainous section of the Central Coast of the U.S. state of California, between Carmel Highlands and San Simeon, where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacifi
Coastline
View of Gorda, one of the small clusters of services in Big Sur
Big Sur: rocky coast, fog and giant kelp
The Big Sur coast, looking north toward Bixby Creek Bridge
El Sur Ranch
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The El Sur Ranch, located on the Big Sur coast of California, has been continuously operated as a cattle ranch since 1834. The approximately 7,100 acres ranch straddles Highway 1 for 6 miles from the
Lands of the El Sur Ranch between Highway 1 and the Point Sur Light Station.
Looking west from Old Coast Road. Andrew Molera State Park on the left includes the Big Sur River down to where it meets the Pacific in the middle of the picture. The land to the front within the fence to the coast is part of the El Sur Ranch.
John Baptist Henry Cooper (1831 - 1899) inherited a portion of Rancho El Sur from his father, John Bautista Rogers Cooper. This later became the El Sur Ranch.
The El Sur Ranch straddles Highway 1 for six miles. It was originally part of the Rancho El Sur land grant.