Day hikes around Big Sur: 99 great hikes

Description

Big Sur is an awesome stretch of spectacular coastline in Central California. The Santa Lucia Mountains quickly rise over 5,000 feet from the ocean. This magnificent landscape begins near Carmel at Point Lobos State Reserve and extends 75 miles south to Ragged Point in San Luis Obispo County, just south of the Monterey County line. The steep coastal mountain range and rugged shoreline isolate the Big Sur country, which maintains an unspoiled, rustic charm and relaxed, leisurely pace. This completely revised and updated edition of Day Hikes Around Big Sur includes 99 great day hikes along the coast and throughout the interior mountains. Hikes, which take from one hour to all day, range from easy beach strolls to strenuous mountain climbs with panoramic coastal vistas. The diverse terrain is a hiker's paradise with a well-designed trail system of more than 300 miles.;Day Hikes Around Big Sur; Table of Contents; Hiking Big Sur; Map of the Hikes; THE HIKES; North Big Sur: Point Lobos to Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park; NORTH BIG SUR MAP (Hikes 1 -- 75); MONTEREY PENINSULA MAP; 1. Palo Corona Regional Park; Point Lobos State Reserve; POINT LOBOS STATE RESERVE MAP (Hikes 2-10); 2. Granite Point: Whalers Cove to Ichxenta Point; 3. Whalers Knoll Trail; 4. North Shore Trail; 5. Allan Memorial Grove: Cypress Grove Trail; 6. Sea Lion Point Trail; 7. South Shore Trail; 8. Bird Island Trail China Cove-Pelican Point-Gibson Beach; MAP OF CARMEL.