Camp Pico Blanco
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Camp Pico Blanco is an inactive camp of 618 acres in the interior region of Big Sur in Central California. It is operated by the Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council, of the Boy Scouts of America, a ne
Shown in 1962, the original Bing Crosby Kitchen was built in 1955. The Haywood Dining Lodge completed in 2006 encloses the front of the building.
The Haywood Dining Lodge was built to replace an open-air dining area.
Hand-tinted photograph of local Cowboy Roy Bixby leading pack mules through the redwoods in Palo Colorado Canyon in 1932.
The Hoist is marked by a large pulley hanging from a beam supporting a row of mailboxes on Palo Colorado Canyon Road.
Bottchers Gap
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Bottchers Gap is a day-use area, campground, and trailhead in Monterey County, California. It is located 7.6 miles from the Big Sur Coast Highway at the end of Palo Colorado Road on the northern borde
Camp Pico Blanco
…services of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The Army helped build the road from a local area on Palo Colorado Road known as "The Hoist" to Bottchers Gap (2,050 feet (620 m)), the site of former homesteader John Bottcher's home from about 1885 to 1900. From Bottcher's Gap, the last 3.6 miles (5.8 km) of…
Ventana Wilderness from Bottchers Gap