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Big Creek 🌊🏖️ Big Sur – Gamboa Point Beach loop from Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park

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Big Creek 🌊🏖️ Big Sur – Gamboa Point Beach loop from Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park

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Big Creek 🌊🏖️ Big Sur – Gamboa Point Beach loop from Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park

04:09

59.7km

1,080m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 23, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 59.2 km for 18 m

After 59.6 km for 18 m

Waypoints

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Parking

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2.28 km

Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park - Condor Vista Point

Highlight • Viewpoint

Wide open vistas from this overlook that juts out on a rock high above the sea. Information panels provide info about the demise and reintroduction of the majestic condors, the …

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8.89 km

Seals Beach Overlook 🐋 Big Sur Cabrillo Highway 1

Highlight • Viewpoint

Now known as Posts, California, I'm using the old name since it's more descriptive. If riding the PCH this is a can't miss viewpoint with plenty of space to pull …

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23.0 km

John Little State Natural Reserve

Nature Reserve

30.0 km

Big Creek 🌊🏖️ Big Sur

Highlight • Beach

Big Sur is simply breathtaking. It's hard to believe or imagine if you haven't experienced it yourself :-)

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33.0 km

Gamboa Point Beach

Highlight • Beach

Sublime Big Sur beach, on the Pacific Ocean. Very wild, there is no infrastructure.

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38.3 km

Lucia Lodge Coastal View

Highlight • Viewpoint

A little tough to find but it's the only accommodations in Lucia. Got hit by fires in late 2021 but was open (partially) as of Feb 2022. They have starlink …

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52.8 km

Rocky Creek Slip-Out (October 2024)

Highlight • Natural

Unfortunately not such a scenic ride as expected. The road closure is quite far from the landslide and is not visible. 13. August 24 a US cyclist ignored all warnings …

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53.9 km

Esalen Institute ♨️ Slates Hot Spring

Highlight • Natural

The exclusive retreat center, offering overpriced new-age seminars, restricts visits of its beautiful hot springs to 2am Sunday mornings with a mandatory advance reservation for $20 ad of 2017

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59.4 km

Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park 🌲 McWay Falls

Highlight • Waterfall

The viewpoint of the amazing McWay Falls, one of only two in North America that falls directly onto an ocean beach, are accessible even by wheel chair on a short …

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59.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

57.9 km

1.17 km

375 m

268 m

Surfaces

55.4 km

2.48 km

1.17 km

643 m

Elevation

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Highest point (170 m)

Lowest point (20 m)

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Sunday 23 August

26°C

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