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Gamboa Point Beach – Kirk Creek 🏕️ Campground loop from John Little State Natural Reserve

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United States
California
Monterey County

Gamboa Point Beach – Kirk Creek 🏕️ Campground loop from John Little State Natural Reserve

Hard

4.7

(7571)

15,874

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Gamboa Point Beach – Kirk Creek 🏕️ Campground loop from John Little State Natural Reserve

06:34

91.4km

1,900m

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 12, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 23.3 km for 131 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

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13.2 km

Seals Beach Overlook 🐋 Big Sur Cabrillo Highway 1

Highlight • Viewpoint

Now known as Posts, California, I'm using the old name since it's more descriptive. If riding the PCH this is a can't miss viewpoint with plenty of space to pull …

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2

24.0 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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47.3 km

John Little State Natural Reserve

Nature Reserve

4

56.9 km

Gamboa Point Beach

Highlight • Beach

Sublime Big Sur beach, on the Pacific Ocean. Very wild, there is no infrastructure.

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5

65.6 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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6

68.8 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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7

75.4 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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8

89.9 km

Rocky Creek Slip-Out (October 2024)

Highlight • Natural

Unfortunately not such a scenic ride as expected. The road closure is quite far from the landslide and is not visible. 13. August 24 a US cyclist ignored all warnings …

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9

90.9 km

Esalen Institute ♨️ Slates Hot Spring

Highlight • Natural

The exclusive retreat center, offering overpriced new-age seminars, restricts visits of its beautiful hot springs to 2am Sunday mornings with a mandatory advance reservation for $20 ad of 2017

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91.4 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

88.2 km

2.14 km

589 m

567 m

Surfaces

80.8 km

7.94 km

2.31 km

402 m

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Highest point (290 m)

Lowest point (20 m)

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