Buzzards Roost
Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park · near Big Sur · Central Coast
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Route type
- loop
- Distance
- 2.8 miles
- Elevation gain
- 800 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- Year-round; spring for the fullest nearby waterfall
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- No
- How the permit works
- $10 day-use (Pfeiffer Big Sur SP). Open; watch for poison oak.
- How hard the permit is to get
- 0 of 5
What is here
- Features
- Redwoods and oak to a chaparral summit · Ocean and Big Sur valley views · A quieter Pfeiffer Big Sur option · Pairs with the reopened Pfeiffer Falls trail
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- No
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- A quieter Pfeiffer Big Sur hike - a moderate loop to a chaparral summit with ocean and valley views, away from the busy Pfeiffer Falls trail. Pair the two for a half day. $10 day-use; watch for poison oak. No dogs.
The guide
Buzzards Roost is the view hike of Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park - a moderate two-and-a-half-mile loop that climbs from the redwo…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Buzzards Roost — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 36.2485, -121.7847