Hike notes:
Lost Valley Trail to Lost Valley
From Escondido Campground:
Round Trip: 12 miles, 3700 ft.gain
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From Memorial Park:
(Santa Lucia Memorial Park Campground)
Round Trip: 18 miles, 4100 ft.gain
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Big Sur hiking information
Lost Valley Trail to Lost Valley
From Escondido Campground:
Round Trip: 12 miles, 3700 ft.gain
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From Memorial Park:
(Santa Lucia Memorial Park Campground)
Round Trip: 18 miles, 4100 ft.gain
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Overview
Attraction is isolated meadow, gorgeous flowers in season.
Camps
Campspots available in meadow. Perennial water at creek.
Access
Paid parking at Escondido Campground or Santa Lucia Memorial Park Campground.
Notes
• Escondido Campground accessible by 4WD when ArroyoSeco-Indians Road open
• Bill Cotta Memorial, just beyond Lost Valley Camp, for rider lost while crossing creek at high-flow
• For the adventurous, possible loop via Arroyo Seco, Rodeo Flat, North Coast Ridge, and Lost Valley Connector Trails - but latter trail obscure, best with GPS guidance (and suggest clockwise routing due to steepness of Rodeo Flat Trail)
• Bill Cotta Memorial, just beyond Lost Valley Camp, for rider lost while crossing creek at high-flow
• For the adventurous, possible loop via Arroyo Seco, Rodeo Flat, North Coast Ridge, and Lost Valley Connector Trails - but latter trail obscure, best with GPS guidance (and suggest clockwise routing due to steepness of Rodeo Flat Trail)
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