Santa Rita Road (SLO County)

[Max Rockatansky]

Santa Rita Road is approximately 15.4-mile rural highway located in the Santa Lucia Mountains of San Luis Obispo County.  This corridor begins in Templeton at Templeton Hills Road and becomes a dirt surfaced roadway upon departing the city westbound.  Santa Rita Road is carried over the Santa Lucia Mountains via an unnamed pass and terminates at Old Creek Road near Cayucos.

Historically what is now called Santa Rita Road was known as "Cayucos-Templeton Road."  Portions of the road connecting Cayucos directly to Templeton first began to appear on maps in the late 1890s.  Approximately 14 miles of Santa Rita Road remain unpaved but are easy to traverse in dry weather by any motorized vehicle.

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