38875 Palo Colorado Road

Big Sur's Twin Peaks Reserve: A Santa Lucia Mountain retreat. High above the coast there are 2 legal parcels totaling almost 200 acres of privately owned Big Sur wild land including one of highest points on the Big Sur coast: Twin Peaks at 3570 ft. The property has direct access to the Ventana Wilderness, the Los Padres National Forest and the Palo Corona Biological Preserve. The 2 legal parcels have almost 360 views just 5 miles from the Pacific Ocean. High above the fog and the redwood canyons flowing down to the wide blue Pacific there are views southwest across the forested mountain wilderness to Pico Blanco and the Big Sur River watershed. Northeast are views all the way across Monterey Bay to Santa Cruz.There is easy access from a County Road off Hwy 1 onto a private gated well maintained unpaved road. It's a little over an hour from Carmel and the Monterey airport to your fully equipped off grid solar guest cottage. Excellent spring water with 10K gallons storage that gravity feeds to the guest cottage and main house site. With 2 separate parcels there is a main building area with all utilities where the original house was lost in the Soberanes fire of 2016. The upper parcel has a separate building site with vast views from Monterey Bay to Big Sur.

Days on Market

3 days

Current Status

Active

Original Price

$2,500,000

List Price

$2,500,000

On Market Date

Aug 20, 2025

Property Type

Single Family Home

Area

157 - Big Sur Coast

Zip Code

93923

MLS ID

ML82018695

APN

418-011-066

Year Built

1997

Stories in Building

Unavailable

Possession

Unavailable

Data Source

MLSL

Origin MLS System

MLSListings, Inc.

Bed

1

Bath

1

Parking

0

Guest / Visitor Parking, No Garage, Off-Street Parking, Room for Oversized Vehicle

SQ FT

600

SQ FT Source

Unavailable

Lot SQ FT

4,181,760.0

Lot Acres

96.0 Acres

Cooling

None

Dining Room

Dining Area in Living Room

Disclosures

Natural Hazard Disclosure

Family Room

No Family Room

Foundation

Concrete Perimeter and Slab

Heating

Gas

Fee

Unavailable

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