Address: 63025 CA-1, Big Sur, CA 93920, USA
Phone: +18054341996
Sunday: 8AM–5PM
Monday: 8AM–5PM
Tuesday: 8AM–5PM
Wednesday: 8AM–5PM
Thursday: 8AM–5PM
Friday: 8AM–5PM
Saturday: 8AM–5PM
Enrique Garcia
Very good that lens
Allie K.
SEPTEMBER 2022 Review (written by a regular camper, not a local guide who gets benefits from posting!) PROS: 1. Fantastic beach (no swimming!) 2. Creek runs through campground to beach. 3. Close to Big Sur sight-seeing. CONS: 1. NOT a California state park... (leased out to private company). So, the restrooms are always NOT clean, (even after they are "cleaned"), likely because the three 20-somethings in charge of running the park aren't trained in customary sanitization of showers/restrooms, as REAL state park custodians are! Ew! Gross bathrooms/showers. (And the TP was always put on backward.) 2. There's a maintainance building right in the middle of the campground--near the park entrance and sites 7-15--that runs a generator from early morning 'til dusk, the noise from which disrupts nearby campers' quiet enjoyment of nature: the sound of the creek, the sound of the crashing waves. In fact, one morning an employee was power washing his truck for 2 or 3 hours, and the power washer machine was making even more noise on top of the noise from the generator. (Maybe he should have been cleaning the bathrooms with a bleach solution and scrubbing the toilets with Ajax instead of detailing his truck!) 3. The racoons ate quite a bit of our food: all the sausages, eggs, peanuts, raisins, & avocados. They know how to unzip zippers and lift the lids off coolers. And the squirrels chewed holes into our soft-shell coolers. Our neighbors had the same experiences. One guy left a loaf of bread in his car, and a raccoon or squirrel climbed in through an open window and took it. Also, the raccoons and squirrels left daily, dirty tracks all over our picnic table, rugs, coolers, and other tables. One morning, I was eating breakfast, and a squirrel came right up to the bowl--on the tablecloth--and started eating my cereal. When I shooed it away, it came right back! 4. Campers who have paid to camp must move cones out of the way each time they come and go. It's a hassle and unnecessary. 5. AGAIN... THIS IS NOT A CALIFORNIA STATE PARK!!
Dr. Vijay K Sah
Beautiful! Must visit.
Bikkens
Warning warning warning The” Dark watchers are out per the twilight hours be warned! If you are not experienced with supernatural events.
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The day use parking lot closes at 5pm. If you hike in you'll be fine. Tbh it starts getting a little dark on the trails around 4, and I don't believe you would want to be rushed, the views every which way you look are so gorgeous. The kilns are so awesome and so is the waterfall. Water is cold but there was plenty of water 2 weeks ago.
You can also park for free on the highway and walk in for no charge per person.
Best of luck my brother
I would not just show up with out reservations. This is a small camp with only about 25 spots, half on the beach side and half in the woods. You will need to go onto the state website and make reservations. There is no real trick to doing it. Pretty straight forward. It does book up way in advance. It is possible to get a spot just by showing up but I would not count on it. And if your coming in after sunset it is not possible.
The campground and the hiking trails are closed. The park is open only as a beach day use area at the moment.
It's $ 10 to park the car for the day; Walking in does not have a fee, but the area at the entrance of the park has a high risk of rocksliding and is not recommended. Currently the hiking trails are closed due to fire damage. The camping sections are also temporarily closed. At the moment you can only enter to access the small, beautiful beach. Open from 8am to 5pm (or at dusk, whichever comes first)
No they are closed due to the Dolan fire. Hwy 1 is also closed through Big Sur.
Yes
Of course
Here is the reservation page for campsite descriptions. https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=577
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As of right now, at the state level there is not a fire ban.
Yes! I got very lucky the last time I was there because someone cancelled, but the whole place was filled the entire weekend I was there. First come starts at noon, if they have any available though.
Yes, campsites 1-12 - ocean front campsites.
Check the check in time. If it's for multiple days they may cancel the reservation if you don't arrive by second day morning.
Yes but only until a certain time. They turn off in the early evening
There are no Hiker/Biker campsites however; you might be able to get a campsite on a walk-in basis for $35.
Yes. I drove from Los Angeles. Be aware of the road closures on the 1N, so factor in the additional time to go around.
$35 a night, I dont know if there is a limit on number of days you can stay in a row though.
There are handmade log bridges that are sometimes difficult for those who are not great with balance. Worst case scenario... your shoes get wet ;)
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