Pacific Coast Highway: 20 Great Stops on the Road Trip

Pacific Coast Highway is one of the world's most well known road trips. The drive goes along the California coast for 655 miles and it has stunning views pretty much the entire time. My dad and I did a full 7 day road trip, which I will share next week, but in this video we each share our 10 favorite stops on Pacific Coast Highway. Be sure to let us know what your favorite stops are in the comments.

**Full road trip video will premiere on September 4th**

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[koukicody]

Your dad should be an audiobook narrator with that great voice 👍

[ropro]

California Through My Lens: Your dad is pretty great at voice-overs! He should consider hosting a podcast or doing audio book narration! 🤠

[jieasa]

Need your dad to start a book reading channel, I’d listen all day 😭

[paw]

This video is just brilliant. Visuals, writing, voice-overs, pace, presentation ... it's all just perfect. You guys have outdone yourself again.

[noelleagape]

That was great!
I lived in L.A. and Northern California and saw it all. We moved to Florida few years ago, but I miss the rustic beauty of CA. I miss all the hiking in the mountain, all the natural beauty. It was a treat watching your road trip with your Dad.

[chrissalem]

Enjoy every moment you can with your dad believe me. Also you guys are a great team

[Brianna-wnbo]

I've lived in California for 25 years and have visited most spots on this list on various trips, but just recently I accidentally stumbled across the Elephant Seal view point on the way to Hearst Castle and I loved it - one of my favorite little surprises along the highway.

[prowrestlingisart]

I love the inclusion of Pops in the narration. Great idea!

[youtubeuser]

👍🏼 your pops voiceover was awesome, definitely would welcome more of that.

[skysurfercva]

Twenty just isn't enough. 🙂 But, your picks are great.

Over the years, I have driven every mile of Hwy 1 at least three times and some segments dozens of times. I live in Fresno, so the central coast gets more of my attention than either north or south. Here are a few other suggestions:

LOTS of state parks along the way, most of which (if not all) are worth at least a short stop. Some of our favorites are Limekiln SP, Montana de Oro SP, the Butterfly Grove at Pismo State Beach (seasonal), and Point Lobos State Reserve.

Pepperdine University in the spring. Perhaps the prettiest site for a college campus in California. We saw some waterpolo matches there during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. We wanted gymnastics (like everyone else), but got waterpolo instead. Even so, we weren't disappointed.

Many of the California missions are along or very near Hwy 1, including San Juan Capistrano, Ventura, Santa Barbara, La Purisima (Lompoc), San Luis Obispo, Carmel, Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Francisco.

For quirky: Gum Alley in San Luis Obispo.

The very little town of Harmony. My wife like to stop to look at the arts and crafts. While see does that, I do close-up/macro photography in the gardens.

More "urbany": Monterey Bay Aquarium, 17-mile Drive, Golden Gate Park, Glass Beach in Fort Bragg, the town of Medocino.

[sethab]

I'm doing this drive in October so this video is a huge help. I didn't know about Devil's Slide but it looks like a must see.

[umbertlambert]

Wow. This is the first time I've ever doing this on YouTube. I watched this video and immediately rewatched it. I've never seen such stunning photography in my life. And the cuts are so tender and comforting, unlike the jarring cuts I see everywhere on YT nowadays. Great stuff! I have to see this channel.

[TPlug_Journeys]

Love all your vids - particularly loved having your Dad guest voice on this one! Awesome content!

[yolandamedina]

How blessed both of you are to travel together and enjoy beautiful sights. I got back with my grandchildren driving from Monterey to Cambria. Breathless sights! Thank you for sharing😎

[DreamcastQ]

Great video, PCH / SR-1 is my happy place, so many memories from over the decades

[TheOldGeekGuy]

This is a great summery view of of PCH. Your dad's comments were straight out of a travel documentary, which it was!

[violetbf]

Great video ✅
Superb choices ✅
Josh never disappoints ✅
Pops narrating parts of the video, the best surprise ever!! ✅✅✅✅✅✅🙌🏼

[lalainendp]

Beautiful! I missed trying out the clam chowders except for Boudin of course. Two days driving the PCH will not give justice to the beauty of this drive. Will give more days the next time. But i love the big sur, all the look outs, the bixby bridge, santa barbara, morro rock, solvang, cambria

[AlexandreCardinal]

It is so amazing that you and your dad got to do this. Now that my dad is gone I dont know what I would do for a trip like this with him, but I'm definitely happy for you guys!

[nestormachado]

Finally did this drive from San Diego up to NorCal in August 2020. It was absolutely incredible! Once you enter Big Sur the views are just breathtaking.