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Big Sur fire: Rocky Point and Ragged Point are open

Treebones Resort in Big Sur

The Basin Complex fire that’s still raging in Big Sur is keeping Highway 1 closed from Palo Colorado Road to Limekiln State Park — shutting the Post Ranch Inn, Nepenthe restaurant, the Ventana Inn & Spa, the Henry Miller Library, Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn and all the cliff-hugging state parks such as Andrew Molera, Julia Pfeiffer Burns and Pfeiffer Big Sur. The entire Monterey Ranger District of Los Padres National Forest is shut as well.

So where can you stay in Big Sur these days or at least grab a burger?

What’s open

Coming from the south, the Ragged Point Inn & Resort has 30 rooms and a restaurant, and sits just 15 miles north of Hearst Castle.

Treebones Resort, which has 16 yurts and five campsites that overlook the ocean, also is open for business, according to its website. It’s about 25 miles north of Hearst Castle.

The towns of Gorda and San Simeon are open.

Coming from the north, Rocky Point Restaurant, 10 miles south of Carmel, is open and serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. And you can watch sea lions, harbor seals and even otters at Garrapata State Park and Point Lobos State Reserve, just south of Carmel.

And chances are, these places won’t be crowded.

– Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times staff writer

[Photo: Treebones Resort by Craig Nakano / Los Angeles Times]

This entry was posted on Monday, July 7, 2008 at 6:17 pm by Mary Forgione and is filed under Big Sur, California, California's Central Coast, Carmel, Monterey Peninsula, San Simeon & Hearst Castle, Weekend Getaways. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.

4 Comments on “Big Sur fire: Rocky Point and Ragged Point are open”

Andrew Says:
July 7th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Evacuated Ventana Inn resident Laura Elliott has posted another ‘Virtual Tour of Big Sur’ update over at her personal blog, Laura’s Magic Day
coastal Says:
July 7th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Be aware that Big Sur conditions are volatile, that smoke gets in your eyes, & that you may have to cede place to emergency vehicles. Truly, this is not where you want to head right now, regardless of how badly your tourist revenues are needed. Send a check to a relief fund, but take your vacation elsewhere.
eppurse Says:
July 10th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Tentatively, Esalen Institute in Big Sur will resume seminars July 18th, per their website.
Andrew Says:
July 23rd, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Eppurse, thanks for the update. Indeed, Esalen re-opened to the public July 18: Here’s a link to the latest updates on their website:

http://www.esalen.org/home/update.html