Grimes Canyon
Grimes Canyon is a valley in Monterey County, Central Coast, California. Grimes Canyon is situated nearby to the hamlet Posts, as well as near the area Buzzards Roost.Places of Interest
Highlights include Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn and Nepenthe.
Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn
Hotel
Nepenthe
Restaurant
Nepenthe is a restaurant in Big Sur, California, built by Bill and Madelaine "Lolly" Fassett and first opened in 1949. It was built around a cabin first constructed in 1925. Nepenthe is situated 1½ miles northwest of Grimes Canyon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Posts and Big Sur Village.
Posts
Hamlet
Posts is an unincorporated community in the Big Sur region of Monterey County, California. It is located on the Big Sur Coast Highway, 4.8 miles south of the Big Sur Village at an elevation of 945 feet. Posts is situated 2 miles northwest of Grimes Canyon.
Big Sur Village
Village
Big Sur Village is an unincorporated community in the Big Sur region, in Monterey County, California, United States. It is located along a 1-mile-long stretch of Big Sur Coast Highway in the Big Sur Valley 24 miles south of Carmel, California. Big Sur Village is situated 6 miles northwest of Grimes Canyon.
Grimes Canyon
- Type: Valley
- Description: valley in Monterey County, California, United States of America
- Category: landform
- Location: Monterey County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.2058° or 36° 12′ 21″ north
Longitude
-121.73884° or 121° 44′ 20″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
848W6746+8F
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Grimes Canyon” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Grimes Canyon (walog sa Estados Unidos, California, Monterey County)”
- Cebuano: “Grimes Canyon”
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