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Kirk Creek 🏕️ Campground – Lucia Lodge Coastal View loop from Plaskett

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Monterey County

Kirk Creek 🏕️ Campground – Lucia Lodge Coastal View loop from Plaskett

Hard

2.7

(29)

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Kirk Creek 🏕️ Campground – Lucia Lodge Coastal View loop from Plaskett

02:23

36.1km

540m

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 22, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Los Padres National Forest

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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375 m

Jade Cove

Highlight • Beach

Great place for camping and picnicking.

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9.62 km

Kirk Creek 🏕️ Campground

Highlight • Rest Area

Great views right on the coast, but expensive ($35 in 2017, Bikers 🚴 just $5😀) and no water. Nearest water at Limekiln State Park 3 miles north.

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12.8 km

Limekiln State Park

Highlight • Natural Monument

Beautiful beach and campground, some sites with beach view through the columns of a tall bridge, most are under tall trees in canyon. Good drinking water, showers; ranger staffed entrance booth.

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12.9 km

Limekiln Beach

Highlight • Beach

Beautiful sandy beach in a cove at the mouth of Limekiln Creek, accessible from the State Park via a trail under the tall bridge.

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16.2 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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18.5 km

Lopez Rock overlook

Highlight • Viewpoint

36.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

35.7 km

283 m

111 m

Surfaces

30.4 km

5.37 km

283 m

111 m

Elevation

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Lowest point (20 m)

Weather

Today

Sunday 6 September

23°C

12°C

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Comments

October 3, 2024,2024 - USA 5. Etappe - Monterey-Gorda

Unfortunately, there had been a landslide about 30 kilometers after Big Sur and the road was closed. So we took the bus all the way back, around the chain of hills and from the other side to the barrier. So we first drove 340 km by bus. At the end we cycled for about 24 km. But because the road …

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