Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
Central Coast
parks
At a glance
- Size
- 1391
- Established
- 1933
parks detail
- Hook
- Big Sur's redwood 'mini-Yosemite' on the river beneath Pfeiffer Ridge
- More
- The Big Sur Lodge and its 1930s CCC buildings anchor the valley the Esselen called home, and the short Pfeiffer Falls and Valley View loop is the classic first Big Sur hike. Summer swimming holes on the river; no ocean access here — that's Pfeiffer Beach down the unsigned road, a different jurisdiction.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 36.252, -121.786