17-Mile Drive
A scenic coastal drive through Pebble Beach and Del Monte Forest. This is a private visitor road with an entry fee.
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Road shape
- Length
- 11.8 mi
- Bends
- 52
- Switchbacks
- 8
- Bends per mile
- 4.4
- Turning per mile
- 468°
- Curviest rank
- 46of 85
Measured from the OpenStreetMap centreline at a 20 m sampling step — road shape only, not a safety or speed judgement. How bends are counted.
Elevation
- Total climb
- 1,198ft
- Climb per mile
- 102ft
- Highest point
- 534ft
- Steepest grade
- 5.1%
Sampled every 100 m from USGS 10 m elevation data, a public-domain federal dataset. Total climb counts vertical change in both directions, so it does not depend on which way you drive. How elevation is measured.
Speed limits
25 mph
Published limits
25 mph in residential and school zones; other sections vary.
Pebble Beach CSD identifies posted 25 mph residential and school zones. This is not a verified limit for the entire drive.
Posted signs always govern. How speed evidence is handled.
Sources
Difficulty 1/3 (Relaxed) is our editorial rating of width, bends and sightlines; “Low speed” describes character, not a target speed. Full method. Identified from:
- Pebble Beach · Official 17-Mile Drive guide ↗
- OpenStreetMap road data ↗ (25 ways in this trace)
Reviewed 2026-09-08. The trace shows selected road sections, not a navigation route.