Hearst Castle
Hearst Castle, known formally as La Cuesta Encantada, is a historic estate in San Simeon, located on the Central Coast of California. Conceived by William Randolph Hearst, the publishing tycoon, and his architect Julia Morgan, the castle was built between 1919 and 1947.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Urban, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: National Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark located on the Central Coast of California, United States
- Also known as: “Hearst San Simeon Estate” and “La Cuesta Encantada”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Neptune Pool.
Neptune Pool
Swimming pool
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Neptune Pool is an outdoor swimming pool ensemble at Hearst Castle, in San Simeon, California. As well as a large swimming pool, the terrace also includes fountains, ornamental pools, sculptures, marble pavilions, alabaster lanterns, dressing rooms, and a mainly reconstructed ancient temple facade.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Simeon.
San Simeon
San Simeon is a small town in San Luis Obispo County in the Central Coast region of California. It is half way between Los Angeles and San Francisco, about 250 miles and a 4.5 to 5 hours drive from each.
Hearst Castle
Latitude
35.68481° or 35° 41′ 5″ northLongitude
-121.16924° or 121° 10′ 9″ westElevation
1,617 feet (493 metres)Open location code
847WMRMJ+W8OpenStreetMap ID
way 1318041793OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Hearst Castle” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Hearst Castle”
- Arabic: “قلعة هارست”
- Armenian: “Հերսթ ամրոց”
- Azerbaijani: “Herst-kasl”
- Bulgarian: “Замък Хърст”
- Catalan: “Hearst Castle”
- Chinese: “赫斯特城堡”
- Czech: “Hearst Castle”
- Czech: “Hearstův hrad”
- Dutch: “Hearst Castle”
- Finnish: “Hearst Castle”
- French: “Hearst Castle”
- German: “Hearst Castle”
- Greek: “Κάστρο Χερστ”
- Hebrew: “טירת הרסט”
- Hungarian: “Hearst Castle”
- Hungarian: “Hearst-kastély”
- Italian: “Castello Hearst”
- Japanese: “ハースト・キャッスル”
- Kannada: “ಹರ್ಸ್ಟ್ ಕ್ಯಾಸಲ್, ಕ್ಯಾಲಿಫೋರ್ನಿಯ”
- Korean: “허스트 캐슬”
- Persian: “قصر هرست”
- Polish: “Hearst Castle”
- Russian: “Херст-касл”
- Sinhala: “හ’ස්ට් කාස්ල්”
- Sinhala: “හස්ට් කාස්ල්”
- Slovenian: “Hearst Castle”
- Spanish: “Castillo Hearst”
- Swedish: “Hearst Castle”
- Turkish: “Hearst Castle”
- Turkish: “Hearst Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Герста”
- Welsh: “Castell Hearst”
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