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Little Sur Creek - beach – Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park 🌲 loop from Posts

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Monterey County

Little Sur Creek - beach – Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park 🌲 loop from Posts

Moderate

3.0

(8)

24

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Little Sur Creek - beach – Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park 🌲 loop from Posts

02:07

40.1km

530m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 8, 2026

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

1

4.33 km

Entrance to Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park & Lodge

Highlight • Rest Area

Hard to miss riding South on the PCH through Big Sur (going north it's in the middle of a descent)

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2

16.9 km

Point Sur State Historic Lightstation 🗽

Highlight • Historical Site

Visitor access only on volunteer guided tours Wednesdays 1pm and Sat /Sun 10am and 1pm

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3

18.7 km

Little Sur River Beach viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

This is the perfect spot to hop out of the car (there's space to park alongside the road) and take in a strip of pretty, almost-white sand beach. You can …

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4

20.1 km

Little Sur Creek - beach

Highlight • Beach

White sandy beach

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5

20.8 km

Little Sur River 🌊

Highlight • River

The view following the river reaches from the canyons way upstream down to the ocean

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6

21.4 km

Great Sur Overlook - Little Sur Beach ⛱️

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful view

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7

28.7 km

Andrew Molera State Park Entrance 🌊🌲

Highlight • Rest Area

Large coastal park famed for its beaches, undulating terrain, but also long hikes in the uplands and forested valleys

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8

35.2 km

Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park 🌲

Highlight • Forest

Iconic state park with a picturesque canyon, redwood tree groves, lots of hiking trails from flat short and easy to long and adventurous. Services available in a historic grand lodge

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B

40.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

38.6 km

1.49 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

38.3 km

949 m

902 m

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