Nacimiento Fergusson Road

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36.9 km

Length

+675 m

Ascent

−928 m

Descent

850 m

Highest point

Hairpins

11.8%

Max gradient

0h 49min

Drive time (approx.)

Weather on the road

At the highest point · 850 m

11 °C lightrainshowers

wind 6 m/s · clouds 72%

At the start

16 °C lightrainshowers

wind 2 m/s · clouds 57%

	Min	Max	Precipitation	Wind
Friday 23 Oct	10 °C	13 °C	1.3 mm	10 m/s	fog
Saturday 24 Oct	9 °C	16 °C	0.0 mm	10 m/s	clearsky
Sunday 25 Oct	10 °C	16 °C	0.0 mm	4 m/s	clearsky

Weather data by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 10/23/26, 12:46 AM

Terrain and when to go

Landscape: Hill and low mountain road
Surface: paved 99%

Roads nearby

Big Sur

159.6 km
Length: +2,554 m
Ascent

Route 1 - Big Sur Coast Highway

113.1 km
Length: +1,893 m
Ascent

SR-46 West

28.1 km
Length: +957 m
Ascent

36.9 km · 6 hairpins · 850 m

Elevation profile

What does Nacimiento Fergusson Road look like?

Native Flowers in Foggy Los Padres - panoramio · Annette Teng · CC BY 3.0

Pacific Ocean - panoramio (2) · Thomson M · CC BY 3.0

From Atop Los Padres - panoramio · Annette Teng · CC BY 3.0

Salinas, CA, USA - panoramio (46) · Nerijus Navickas · CC BY 3.0

Salinas, CA, USA - panoramio (49) · Nerijus Navickas · CC BY 3.0

Fuscopannaria coralloidea 58136207 · Alex Heyman · CC0

Monterey Monkeyflower imported from iNaturalist photo 116969 on 11 March 2024 · (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0

Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences shown; each opens its source page.

Start

Monterey County

35.97959, -121.23474

Finish

Monterey County

35.98866, -121.49414

Along the road

Toilets

5 unnamed places along the road, from 20.9 km to 36.9 km.

Parking

Mill Creek Trail parking 35.7 km · 128 m

2 unnamed places along the road, from 24.4 km to 36.9 km.

Viewpoints

1 unnamed place along the road, from 36.6 km to 36.6 km.