Current Road Conditions

Highland Drive: We do not recommend taking Highland Drive (via the Summit Road) to Pema Osel Ling as Highland Drive is one lane in three places due to land slides.

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You may find additional information on the web pages below.

Santa Cruz Country Road Closures

CHP - Santa Cruz Facebook page

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Directions From The North

WARNING: Please DO NOT follow Google Maps, your GPS, or MapQuest directions that take you to Highland Way via Summit Road.  Highland Way via Summit Road off of Highway 17 is very remote, curvy and can take longer than if you take Highway 1 South from Santa Cruz.  

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From the East Bay, San Jose  or San Francisco:

• Drive to Santa Cruz and then follow the directions from Santa Cruz. 

• Head south on Highway 1. 

• Take the Freedom Boulevard exit and go left over the freeway. 

• After 5 miles, you will come to a stop sign where you will make a left on Corralitos Road. 

• Follow Corralitos Road for 2 miles. 

• At the four-way stop sign the road becomes Eureka Canyon. 

• Go straight through the stop sign onto Eureka Canyon Road and continue for 6.7 miles. 

• Pema Osel Ling is on the left side, with a big blue sign posted at the entrance.

• Continue up driveway, then veer right at the welcome sign for parking.

 

 

Directions From the South

From Monterey (Google Map of this route):

• Head north on Highway 1.

• Take the Airport Boulevard Exit. 

• At the stop light on Airport and Freedom Blvd., turn left and stay left onto Freedom Boulevard, follow it for a couple of miles to the next stop sign. 

• At the stop sign, make a right onto Corralitos Road. 

• Follow Corralitos Road for 2 miles. 

• At the four-way stop sign the road becomes Eureka Canyon. 

• Go straight through the stop sign onto Eureka Canyon Road and continue for 6.7 miles. 

• Pema Osel Ling is on the left side, with a big blue sign posted at the entrance.

• Continue up driveway, then veer right at the welcome sign for parking.