BIG SUR

"The greatest meeting of land and water in the world." Where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean, a region which has no specific boundaries, rugged, isolated, mythic, California's Central coast.

The ocean mist sticks to your face, the sound of the waves frees your heart.

Set alongside the Autry Garden, the California Road Trip room is a destination for rest and inspiration. Through the panoramic and close-up dual projection film, visitors are invited to discover California’s most scenic and varied landscapes and biomes. Sights include: the extreme desert climate of Death Valley, the lowest point in North America; the idyllic ocean bluffs of Big Sur and the central coastline, an exemplary feature of California's topography; the starry skies of Joshua Tree; the majestic giants of the California Redwoods, the tallest trees in the world; and the supreme elevation and jagged granite faces of Mt. Whitney, unforgivingly the highest summit in the contiguous United States, reaching 14,505 feet into the clouds.