Cheap Things To Do in Big Sur, California

This large, beautiful park is an ideal place for walking, hiking, beachcombing, and wildlife watching. Bin...

This area contains headlands, coves and rolling meadows. The offshore area forms one of the richest underwa... More on Parks

Limekiln State Park contains 716-acres. The park features breathtaking views of the Big Sur Coast. The park features the beauty of the redwoods, the rugged coast and the cultural history of limekil... More on GoingToTheBeach.com

33 sites. Features breathtaking views of the Big Sur Coast, beautiful redwoods, and the cultural history of limekilns. ... More on AAA.com

Two tall coastal towers, Piedras Blancas and Pigeon Point , were constructed in the early 1870s to help light the California coast. However, between these two, distant towers, no major coastal ligh... More on LighthouseFriends.com

Tour and lighthouse are both wonderful and a "must see." It would be spectacular with the original lens back in place. A visit to see the lens in ... More on LighthouseFriends.com

Deep within Los Padres National Forest, Pfeiffer Beach is a surreal mix of purple sand, giant redwoods, syc... More on travelandleisure

Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park along the Big Sur coast of California offers one of the most awesome scen... More on TripAdvisor

THE HISTORY by Jeff Thomson Joseph Emory, circa 1854from "Explore...Point Lobos State Reserve" © 1997 W... More on Pt-lobos.parks.state.ca.us

The views are splendid. More on Trekaroo

Pfeiffer Falls spills 60 feet over granite rock in a small fern grotto. The moist, fern-lined trail follows Pfeiffer-Redwood Creek up the canyon through a redwood forest to the base of the falls. O... More on Trails

I only did a short portion of this trail although I wish I could have done More on Trails

Gigantic coastal redwoods, some up to 27-feet around, make this a shady, restful place. More on igougo

The Limekiln Trail leads to four massive stone and steel kilns used to purify quarried limestone into powdered lime in the 1880s. The lime was used as an ingredient in cement. The Limekiln Trail follows the old wagon route used to ... More on Trails

NOTE: Currently, day use and camping are closed to public access. The purpose of John Little State Natural Reserve, in Monterey County, is to preserve and protect an area of steep, rugged cliffs on the Big Sur coast where Lime Creek ... More on Parks

This hike circles the western side of Andrew Molera State Park through a diverse cross-section of landscape that includes coastal bluffs, isolated beach coves, forested stream canyons, redwood fore... More on Trails

This trail has great views and is reasonably challenging due to its length. More on Trails