{
  "name": "17-Mile Drive",
  "slug": "17-mile-drive-pebble-beach",
  "url": "https://www.bestdrivingroads.com/roads/17-mile-drive-pebble-beach/",
  "summary": "A private toll road through Pebble Beach, open to the public for a fee per car. This entry covers about 10 miles from the Pacific Grove gate, past Point Joe and the Lone Cypress, to the Highway 1 gate.",
  "location": {
    "country": "United States",
    "region": "California",
    "start": {
      "name": "Pacific Grove gate",
      "lat": 36.613178,
      "lon": -121.932492
    },
    "end": {
      "name": "Highway 1 gate",
      "lat": 36.575258,
      "lon": -121.913655
    }
  },
  "measurements": {
    "lengthMiles": 10.3,
    "lengthKm": 16.6,
    "driveMinutes": 19,
    "corners": 60,
    "hairpins": 0,
    "maxGradientPercent": 10,
    "summitMetres": 166,
    "elevationConfidence": "measured",
    "difficulty": "easy",
    "tightnessOutOf10": 3
  },
  "timing": {
    "bestSeasons": [
      "spring",
      "autumn"
    ]
  },
  "conditions": {},
  "hazards": [
    "Private toll road: a fee per car at the gate",
    "Motorcycles are prohibited",
    "Gates open to the public from sunrise to sunset only",
    "Closed to day visitors on Concours weekend in August",
    "Cyclists share the road",
    "Side streets are neighbourhood roads, follow the red-dashed line"
  ],
  "scenery": [
    "coast",
    "forest"
  ],
  "pointsOfInterest": [
    "Inn at Spanish Bay",
    "Point Joe",
    "Bird Rock Vista Point",
    "Lone Cypress",
    "Ghost Trees, Pescadero Point",
    "Pebble Beach Market"
  ],
  "geometry": {
    "pointCount": 157
  },
  "attribution": {
    "source": "bestdrivingroads.com",
    "citation": "Cite with a link to the road page. Stats are measured from the mapped line; where elevationConfidence is \"approximate\" the 30 m DEM cannot resolve that line and the elevation figures are indicative.",
    "roadGeometry": "(c) OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL",
    "terms": "Facts are free to cite with attribution; bulk reproduction of the catalogue requires permission (simon@keane.studio)."
  },
  "updated": "2026-10-11"
}