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Big Sur Camping Update

Your Big Sur Camping Update for 2016

Big Sur camping updates are necessary because Big Sur sits on the edge of the world so to speak, and the area is subject to rock slides and sometimes firestorms. If you have plans to visit the Big Sur area, you need the latest information available on what's open and what's not!

Rugged, isolated, and resplendent in its beauty, Big Sur offers us extraordinary and diverse options to explore its attractions, but it is also unpredictable in its very nature.

If you're planning to visit for a day, a week, or a month, you need the latest information on accessibility, new updates on road closures, and the latest on Big Sur camping and campgrounds.

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Big Sur Camping Updates:
Sometimes There's Good News/Bad News

In this case, though fire is devastating to people, communities, and wildlife, it is often part of the natural process of a landscape and can have a wonderful effect on an area's flora.

Such is the case in California. Very often fires assist in the opening of seeds that won't sprout on their own, and the natural fertilization process that occurs after a fire adds nutrients to the soil, resulting in rapid new growth like this amazing wildflower display!

That's the good news. The bad news is, sites you planned to visit and campgrounds where you planned to stay can be closed or partially closed during and after the fire.

Additionally, there's the issue of rock slides, which may occur shortly after a fire, heavy rains, and/or high surf - or may occur months or years later because of slippage from these earlier impacts.

There's only one road into, out of, and through Big Sur - scenic Highway 1. For much of its length along here, it hugs the Santa Lucia Mountains of the coastline and looks down over the Pacific Ocean.

Rock slides come from above - wiping out sections of the highway hundreds of yards long with massive piles of boulders and debris - or from below - undermining and collapsing equally large portions of the highway.

Either way the result is the same for you and I - no way to get in or out without lengthy, cumbrous detours and delays until repairs can be made!

With this Big Sur Camping Update Guide, you'll have exactly the information you need about current conditions in Big Sur!

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Here's the Latest Big Sur Camping Update as of 5/27/2016

Highway 1: There is road work going on along State Route 1 throughout the Big Sur area - expect delays.

Andrew Molera SP: Campsites and cabins are open for camping and all trails are accessible for hiking.

Big Sur Campground and Cabins: Campsites and cabins are open for camping and all trails are accessible for hiking.

Bottchers Gap Campground: Campsites and cabins are open for camping and all trails are accessible for hiking.

Fernwood Resort: Campsites and cabins are open for camping and all trails are accessible for hiking.

Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: Campsites are open to camping and all trails are accessible for hiking except the eastern side of Ewoldson trail.

Kirk Creek Campground: Campsites and cabins are open for camping and all trails are accessible for hiking.

Limekiln State Park: Campsites are open to camping and all trails are accessible for hiking.

Nacimiento Campground: Campsites and cabins are open for camping and all trails are accessible for hiking.

Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park: Campsites are open to camping and all trails are accessible for hiking.

Plaskett Creek Campground: Campsites and cabins are open for camping and all trails are accessible for hiking.

Ponderosa Campground: Campsites and cabins are open for camping and all trails are accessible for hiking.

Riverside Campground & Cabins: Campsites and cabins are open for camping and all trails are accessible for hiking.

Treebones Resort: Campsites and Yurts are open for camping and all trails are accessible for hiking.

Ventana Campground: We're happy to say that - after a couple of years of closure for renovation - Ventana Campground has reopened and is available for campers once again.

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I do hope you've found our Big Sur Camping Update to be helpful! For detailed information about each of the campgrounds listed above and what they have to offer:

• Big Sur Backcountry Camping
  There are approximately 237 miles of hiking trails in the Santa Lucia Mountains. That equates to LOTS of opportunity for back country primitive camping!
• Big Sur Forest Service Campgrounds
  These Forest Service campgrounds don't always have all the facilities you might want, but there are lots of reasons to consider them.
• Big Sur Ocean view Campgrounds
  Have you always wanted to camp where there's a view of the ocean?
• Big Sur Private Campgrounds
  Looking for private campgrounds in Big Sur, especially if they offer a little extra luxury?
• Big Sur State Parks Campgrounds
  This page will provide you with information about the State Park camping options in Big Sur.
  
  

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