Pfeiffer Beach - Big Sur Beach

Address: Big Sur, California, United States
Phone: 831-667-2315
Website:www.parksman.com

Pfeiffer Beach

Big Sur
California, United States

Pfeiffer Beach Details

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Descriptions from Across the Web

Pfeiffer Beach is a beautiful, unspoiled beach that's popular with locals, somewhat unknown among tourists and well worth your time. Besides beautiful offshore views of rocks and sea stacks and some nice surfing waves, this beach has unusual purple sand, from manganese garnet particles washing do... more on Gocalifornia.about.com
Before my annual camping trip to Big Sur, I was worried what the landscape might be like after fires ravaged the area earlier this summer. I am happy to report, Big Sur still has stunning views and is still heaven-on-earth for kids and their parents in need of some ‘unstructured play time’. ... more on Uptake.com
This beautiful park features redwoods, conifers, oaks, sycamores, cottonwoods, maples, alders and willows - plus open meadows. Wildlife includes black-tail deer, gray squirrels, raccoons, skunks, and birds, such as water ouzels and belted kingfishers. Hikers can enjoy the many scenic trails, incl... more on Parks.ca.gov

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5.0: Pfeiffer beach

Pfeiffer beach is a wonderful beach, one of two in the Big Sur River Valley area, the only one you can go to in the winter and spring, Pfeiffer beach is part of the Los Padres National Forest, it is not a State Park. You can drive right to this beach, there is a parking lot at the end of a 2 mile... A TripAdvisor Member, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

Directions

Pfeiffer Beach is located in the heart of Big Sur 1/4 mile south of the Big Sur Ranger Station. Turn west on Sycamore Canyon Road. Sycamore Canyon Road is very hard to see. Watch for it and be careful of other traffic. The road is very narrow so please dr