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  2. Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. McWay Falls - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Big Sur - Wikipedia

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    Garrapata State Park, Andrew Molera State Park, Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, and Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park all contain short hiking trails. As of January 2018, almost all trails on the east side of Highway 1 in these parks are closed due to the Soberanes Fire and damage sustained during heavy rains the following winter. Some trails west ...

  6. List of California state parks - Wikipedia

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    Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park: State park Monterey: 1,391 563 1933 Picacho State Recreation Area: State recreation area Imperial: 6,759 2,735 1960 Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park: State historic park San Mateo: 76 31 1981 Pío Pico State Historic Park: State historic park Los Angeles: 5.5 2.2 1917 Pismo State Beach: State beach San ...

  7. Big Sur Coast Highway - Wikipedia

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    Pfeiffer wanted the land preserved and he sold 680 acres (2.8 km 2) to the state of California in 1933. [51] This became the foundation of Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park. [52] The Civilian Conservation Corps built campgrounds, buildings, fences, a footbridge, and trails in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park. They used redwood lumber and river rocks as ...

  8. Big Creek State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area

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    Adjacent Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park provides hiking trails, including an overlook trail to McWay Falls, an 80-foot (24 m) waterfall that drops into the cove below. California's marine protected areas encourage recreational and educational uses of the ocean. [3]

  9. Pfeiffer Beach - Wikipedia

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    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 ...