Little Sur River
The Little Sur River is a 14.3-mile long river on the Central Coast of California. The river and its main tributary, the a 11.1-mile long South Fork, drain a watershed of about 40 square miles of the Big Sur area, a thinly settled region of the Central California coast where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: AdamjVogt, Public domain.
- Type: Watercourse
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “El Rio Chiquaito del Sur”, “El Rio Chiquito Del Sur *”, “Little River”, and “South Fork Little Sur River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Point Sur Lighthouse.
Point Sur Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Point Sur Lighthouse is a lightstation at Point Sur 24.6 miles south of Monterey, California at the peak of the 361-foot rock at the head of the point. Point Sur Lighthouse is situated 2 miles south of Little Sur River.
Little Sur River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Monterey County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Little Sur River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Little Sur River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Little Sur”
- Cebuano: “Little Sur River”
- Chinese: “小蘇爾河”
- Esperanto: “Eta Suda Rivero”
- Irish: “Abhainn Little Sur”
- Turkish: “Little Sur Nehri”
- Venetian: “Little Sur”
- Welsh: “Afon Little Sur”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sur Breakers and Buzzards Roost.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ventura Rocks and Sierra Hill.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Little Sur River”. Photo: AdamjVogt, Public domain.