by Steve Reiss (Dalmdad Landscape Photography - www.dalmdad.com and https://www.facebook.com/Dalmdad.)
Nacimiento-Fergguson Road (NFR), high in Los Padres National Forest: After driving the dark, damp, forest floor, NFR begins its climb towards its summit at 2780 feet. NFR is well paved and maintained, but is very winding and has precipitous drops at almost every turns. There are no guard rails. The turn-off for
Cone Peak Road, leads to
some fantastic ocean sunsets. However, Cone Peak Road may be closed due to weather from November to May. The turn-off for Coast Ridge Trail, near the turn-off for Cone Peak Road, leads substantially parallel to the Pacific Ocean (i.e., north-south), along the crest of the range.
In October, 2009, the
Mano Seca Group installed a
bench near the top of
the western slope of Nacimiento-Fergusson Road. A large turnout on the
road provides easy parking; an opening in the roadside fence provides a
path down to the bench. The Mano Seca Group has a guerrilla reputation, as federal and state park services do not take kindly to the construction of unauthorized structures on park grounds.
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| Looking down one of the canyons from above the sea layer on NFR |
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| Road cut for NFR clearly visible. |
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| Road cut for NFR clearly visible. |
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| Road cut for NFR clearly visible. |
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| Road cut for NFR clearly visible as it circles the knob above the sea layer. |
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| Burnt out trees contrasting with the high elevation greenery. |
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| View across the Santa Lucia Range |
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| Another view across the Santa Lucia Range |
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| Road cut for NFR clearly visible along with the Pacific Ocean. |
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