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Kirk Creek 🏕️ Campground – Elephant Seal Vista Point loop from Rest Area CA-1

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Kirk Creek 🏕️ Campground – Elephant Seal Vista Point loop from Rest Area CA-1

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4.9

(9861)

9,862

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Kirk Creek 🏕️ Campground – Elephant Seal Vista Point loop from Rest Area CA-1

07:36

115km

1,650m

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: April 22, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 77.4 km for 126 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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330 m

Salmon Creek Waterfalls

Highlight • Waterfall

Take a slight detour from the official path to see this very pretty waterfall.

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7.81 km

View Along the Cabrillo Highway

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

This is an especially scenic section of the Cabrillo Highway, which is a section of the famous Pacific Coast Highway.

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27.5 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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36.7 km

Jade Cove

Highlight • Beach

Great place for camping and picnicking.

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60.4 km

Ragged Point Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

A great stop with a Mini Market, Restaurants and a place to enjoy the amazing vista.

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76.8 km

Seal Point

Viewpoint

77.4 km

Elephant Seal Vista Point

Highlight • Viewpoint

Very close to San Simeon and right at the famous Highway No. 1 is the home for North Americas largest sea elephant colony. You can watch them mate in the …

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85.1 km

View of Hearst Castle

Highlight • Viewpoint

Hearst Castle, once an impressive home to businessman William Randolph Hearst, is now a museum with sweeping views of the Santa Lucia Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. There is a …

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85.7 km

Hearst Castle

Highlight • Castle

Hearst Castle, once an impressive home to businessman William Randolph Hearst, is now a museum with sweeping views of the Santa Lucia Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. There is a …

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115 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

114 km

653 m

478 m

113 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

113 km

1.22 km

653 m

516 m

113 m

Elevation

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Friday 22 May

16°C

8°C

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