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Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park is a state park in Monterey County, California, near the area of Big Sur on the state's Central Coast. It covers approximately 1,006 acres (4.07 km 2 ) of land. The park is centered on the Big Sur River .
The various informal boundaries applied to the region have gradually expanded north and south over time. Esther Pfeiffer Ewoldson, who was born in 1904 and was a granddaughter of Big Sur pioneers Michael and Barbara Pfeiffer, wrote that the region extended from the Little Sur River 23 miles (37 km) south to Slates Hot Springs.
Pfeiffer Beach is located in the Big Sur region of California. It is one of the most popular beaches on the Central Coast [ 1 ] and is well known for Keyhole Rock, a popular photography subject. On a limited number of days in December and January each year, photographers crowd the beach to obtain pictures of the setting sun visible through the ...
Located on California’s central coast, Big Sur is both the name of an area and a town known for its beautiful beaches, mild weather, and state parks that are spilling over with majestic redwood ...
The section of Highway 1 running through Big Sur is widely considered one of the most scenic driving routes in the United States, if not the world. [134] [135] [136] The views are one reason that Big Sur was ranked second among all United States destinations in TripAdvisor's 2008 Travelers' Choice Destination Awards. [137]
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park is a state park in California, 12 miles south of Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park on California's Pacific coast. [1] A main feature of the park is McWay Falls, which drops over a cliff of 80 feet (24 m) into the Pacific Ocean. The park is also home to 300-foot (90 m) redwoods which are over 2,500 years old. [2]
Prized by poets, painters, and even Don Draper, California's fabled stretch of coast has long promised enlightenment and redemption. Peter Fish goes in search of whether that wonder still abides
McWay Falls is an 80-foot-tall (24 m) waterfall on the coast of Big Sur in central California that flows year-round from McWay Creek in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, about 37 miles (60 km) south of Carmel, into the Pacific Ocean. During high tide, it is a tidefall, a waterfall that empties directly into the ocean.