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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

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

02:26

46.7km

710m

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 27, 2026

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After 8.51 km for 76 m

After 15.1 km for 15 m

After 32.7 km for 16 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

1

8.54 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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2

11.7 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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3

11.9 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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4

13.5 km

Paul's Slide ⛰️ Big Sur Hwy 1

Highlight • Natural Monument

Hwy 1 was closed here for half a year in 2017 after one of several massive landslides; as the name suggests this has happened many times before.

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5

15.1 km

Lucía Inn 🏘️ Big Sur

Highlight • Restaurant

this place has burned down

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6

15.1 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 …

Tip by

7

23.3 km

Big Creek Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Pedestrians can hike into the reserve and down under the historic bridge to the beach.

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8

32.7 km

New Camaldoli Hermitage ⛪ holy granola

Highlight • Religious Site

The monks welcome visitors to their monastery, worth the 2 mile detour up the narrow paved road with spectacular views

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B

46.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

46.3 km

367 m

Surfaces

40.2 km

6.17 km

351 m

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