Prefumo Canyon Road and See Canyon Road

[Max Rockatansky]

Prefumo Canyon Road is an approximately 7.1-mile rural highway corridor mostly located in the Irish Hills west of the city of San Luis Obispo.  The Prefumo Canyon Road corridor begins at Los Osos Valley Road in San Luis Obispo and crosses the Irish Hills to a terminus located at See Canyon Road.  Prefumo Canyon Road is named after wealthy San Luis Obispo businessman Pietro Prefumo and has been in active use since the 1880s.  The highway is frequently touted as one of the most scenic in San Luis Obispo County as it has numerous vistas of Morro Bay and Los Osos Valley.

https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/06/prefumo-canyon-road.html?m=1

[pderocco]

Prefumo Canyon Road is an approximately 7.1-mile rural highway corridor mostly located in the Irish Hills west of the city of San Luis Obispo.  The Prefumo Canyon Road corridor begins at Los Osos Valley Road in San Luis Obispo and crosses the Irish Hills to a terminus located at See Canyon Road.  Prefumo Canyon Road is named after wealthy San Luis Obispo businessman Pietro Prefumo and has been in active use since the 1880s.  The highway is frequently touted as one of the most scenic in San Luis Obispo County as it has numerous vistas of Morro Bay and Los Osos Valley.

https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/06/prefumo-canyon-road.html?m=1

That looks really nice. Added to my bucket list.

[Max Rockatansky]

Prefumo Canyon Road is an approximately 7.1-mile rural highway corridor mostly located in the Irish Hills west of the city of San Luis Obispo.  The Prefumo Canyon Road corridor begins at Los Osos Valley Road in San Luis Obispo and crosses the Irish Hills to a terminus located at See Canyon Road.  Prefumo Canyon Road is named after wealthy San Luis Obispo businessman Pietro Prefumo and has been in active use since the 1880s.  The highway is frequently touted as one of the most scenic in San Luis Obispo County as it has numerous vistas of Morro Bay and Los Osos Valley.

https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/06/prefumo-canyon-road.html?m=1

That looks really nice. Added to my bucket list.

It is especially nice in the winter coupled with See Canyon Road.  Lots of greenery to be had along with some really nice coastal views of Morro Bay.

[Max Rockatansky]

Speaking of Sea Canyon Road...

See Canyon Road is a six-mile rural highway located in the Irish Hills in San Luis Obispo County.  The northern terminus of See Canyon Road is located at Prefumo Canyon Road whereas the southern terminus is at San Luis Bay Drive.  See Canyon is named after Kentucky settler Joseph See who homesteaded in the area circa 1860.  See Canyon since 1916 has become associated with apple orchards as the coastal weather is conducive for growing them.

https://www.gribblenation.org/2026/06/see-canyon-road.html?m=1

[tawnuskgrevy]

See Canyon and Prefumo Canyon are both such lovely drives. I would do that drive every couple months or so back when I was at Cal Poly. Lots of great memories of stargazing with my now-wife at that vista point, and lots of tasty apples of all kinds of varieties at Gopher Glen.