Nighttime Soberanes Wildfire
in NO BACKCOUNTRY FIRES season
Black Butte Pano photo
to find your own adventure
Printed map screenshot
the print/PDF/Garmin maps ...
Metrics calculation screenshot Route metrics control
the route planning tools ...
Trail Conditions screenshot Trail Conditions legend
the trail conditions map ...
Interactive map screnshot Interactive map control
USE the interactive map ...


with Camps, Water Sources, and Points of Interest
for Ventana/SilverPeak wilderness explorers

Get up-to-date local trail knowledge!  Trail and camp locations can be incorrect on online maps of the Big Sur Ventana & Silver Peak wilderness areas.    Big Sur Trailmap provides accurate trail and camp locations based on local knowledge (GPS'd), also locally-known "use trails", seasonal water sources, waterfalls, and other features in Big Sur state parks and wilderness areas.  Plus current wilderness and state park trail conditions and closures.  Created by a Big Sur explorer, updated weekly from local reports. 

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      "Experience nature in the wild"         "The wild is still there, just off a trail"            "Find your own adventure"        
Wilderness photo challenge

Wilderness hikers
"A line on a map is just a line on a map"

Wilderness trails are not park‑like trails !
Wilderness trails may not be signed or passable or followable
Know the current trail conditions 

Trail maintenance in National Forest is by VWA trail crew, not USFS !
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 ImpassableClear 
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State-of-the-Trails = 67%  "Clear" = 70 miles, 22% of network   History

The trails need YOU
Smokey Bear
Help maintain the trails
 


CURRENT
STATUS
Expanded Extended National Forest Closure Order
now includes Tassajara Road
now ends Jan. 31,2024
(began Jan. 2023)
Extended Nacimiento-Fergusson Road Closure
now ends Aug. 31, 2024
(began Aug. 2020)
Most USFS trails open
Most USFS roads
closed-to-vehicles
Flash flood and debris flow warning for 2020/21 burn areas effective Saturday   More info
Sunday Route 1 closure
Apr. 30 4am-1pm
south of Carmel for Big Sur Marathon
Rte.1 Big Sur closure in effect
 (map)  (IS shown on trailmap)
Level 2 fire restrictions:  Stoves allowed in National Forest (with permit), but no backcountry fires (fires allowed in designated campgrounds) 
Regional Weather Forecast
Interactive Weather Forecast
 Big Sur River Current Flow  

CLOSURE INFO
Trails & Roads
USFS & State Parks

TRAIL 60-day NEWS:
(click for details/older)
Dec.5    Old Coast Road closed
Dec.5    Old Coast Road open
Nov.29  Old Coast Road closed
Nov.22  Old Coast Road open
Nov.10  Barlow seep instability bridged on Pine Ridge Trail
original route restored with crib wall at seep thanks to VWA
Nov.4    Old Coast Road closed to all traffic
foot/cycle/vehicle by MoCo due to "upcoming weather"
Oct.31  USFS Closure expanded and extended til Jan.31, 2024
contining closure of USFS roads, now adding Tassajara Road
Oct.19  Pfeiffer Big Sur & Andrew Molera SP footbridges removal on Oct. 31
Oct.18  Andrew Molera SP campground closes for season on Oct. 31

SITE 60-day NEWS:
(click for details/older)
Nov.29  Added Avg. Trail Condition to routes in backpack suggestions webpage
Nov.26  Added Lost Valley backpack suggestion
Nov.17  Created 'I Was There' on-line camp register
to see if anyone uses out-of-the-way camps
Oct.11  Report USFS trails total "Clear" mileage on home page
with percent of total network mileage frown

Latest blog post: 
Albino redwood dies in fire



Trailmap legend [what icons & line colors show]

Trailmap contributors [have given time or information]

Trailmap user experiences
& testimonials
[culled from other websites]





Trailmap legend [what icons & line colors show]

Trailmap contributors [have given time or information]

Trailmap user experiences
& testimonials
[culled from other websites]



CURRENT
STATUS
Expanded Extended National Forest Closure Order
now includes Tassajara Road
now ends Jan. 31,2024
(began Jan. 2023)
Extended Nacimiento-Fergusson Road Closure
now ends Aug. 31, 2024
(began Aug. 2020)
Most USFS trails open
Most USFS roads
closed-to-vehicles
Flash flood and debris flow warning for 2020/21 burn areas effective Saturday   More info
Sunday Route 1 closure
Apr. 30 4am-1pm
south of Carmel for Big Sur Marathon
Rte.1 Big Sur closure in effect
 (map)  (IS shown on trailmap)
Level 2 fire restrictions:  Stoves allowed in National Forest (with permit), but no backcountry fires (fires allowed in designated campgrounds) 
Regional Weather Forecast
Interactive Weather Forecast
 Big Sur River Current Flow  

CLOSURE INFO
Trails & Roads
USFS & State Parks

TRAIL 60-day NEWS:
(click for details/older)
Dec.5    Old Coast Road closed
Dec.5    Old Coast Road open
Nov.29  Old Coast Road closed
Nov.22  Old Coast Road open
Nov.10  Barlow seep instability bridged on Pine Ridge Trail
original route restored with crib wall at seep thanks to VWA
Nov.4    Old Coast Road closed to all traffic
foot/cycle/vehicle by MoCo due to "upcoming weather"
Oct.31  USFS Closure expanded and extended til Jan.31, 2024
contining closure of USFS roads, now adding Tassajara Road
Oct.19  Pfeiffer Big Sur & Andrew Molera SP footbridges removal on Oct. 31
Oct.18  Andrew Molera SP campground closes for season on Oct. 31

SITE 60-day NEWS:
(click for details/older)
Nov.29  Added Avg. Trail Condition to routes in backpack suggestions webpage
Nov.26  Added Lost Valley backpack suggestion
Nov.17  Created 'I Was There' on-line camp register
to see if anyone uses out-of-the-way camps
Oct.11  Report USFS trails total "Clear" mileage on home page
with percent of total network mileage frown

Latest blog post: 

Trail conditions/closures
are shown on:
Interactive Big Sur Trailmap
Interactive Trail Conditions map
Interactive Route Metrics map
Google Earth overlay map
are not shown on:
Garmin-format maps
Smartphone maps
are optionally shown on:
Printed maps
PDF-format maps


View the interactive
Big Sur Trailmap
Interactive map
Interactive Trailmap

Cool Grin   Trails and POIs,
shaded topo gives context

[map updated: Dec 6]
View the interactive
trail conditions map
Trail Conditions
Trail Conditions Map

Cool Grin   Colors show trail
conditions and closures

[conditions updated: Dec 6 ]
Compute route metrics
between two locations 
Route Metrics
Trailmap Metrics

Cool Grin   For mileage &
cumulative gain+loss

[routing updated: Dec 6]
Download one-page
printable Trailmap sections
Printed page
Printed Trailmap

PDF with options for
background & trail condition

[map updated: Dec 6]
Download a PDF-format
Trailmap for a smartphone
Avenza
Avenza screenshot

For Avenza, can add
searchable "Features" layer

[pdf updated: Nov 23]
Use the Trailmap in a
smartphone GPS app
Smartphone
BackcounryNavigator GPS app screenshot

Multiple options available,
depending upon the app
Download a Garmin-format
Trailmap for a GPS
Garmin GPS
Garmin Trailmap

Routable, so along-trail
distance-to-go accessible

[map updated: Dec 6]
Download a "Google
Earth
"
Trailmap
Google Earth
GoogleEarth Trailmap

Display trailmap line/icon
overlay on 3-D terrain

[kmz updated: Dec 6]

Trail conditions/closures
are shown on:
Interactive Big Sur Trailmap
Interactive Trail Conditions map
Interactive Route Metrics map
Google Earth overlay map
are not shown on:
Garmin-format maps
Smartphone maps
are optionally shown on:
Printed maps
PDF-format maps



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"Albino redwood dies in fire"
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( problems don't get fixed if not reported ! )
please post to my forum.
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I welcome feedback about the info on this website at the Big Sur Trailmap Forum, which will benefit all Big Sur hikers.  But I am not a personal trip advisor so do not provide individual trip guidance!  If the info here is not sufficient for your planning or if you want personal trip guidance, please use the VWA Discussion Forum, which is read by many Big Sur hikers.

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The information and data on this website are copyrighted by John W. (Jack) Glendening.  You may freely search, view, download and print the documents and information contained on this site for personal and non-commercial purposes.  Public use of this data must be attributed to Jack Glendening, not be presented as being the work of someone who has copied it from this site instead of doing the actual field work themselves.  In particular, copyright information is not to be removed from data and data is not to be placed on public websites such as Open Street Map or All Trails. 

Disclaimer
This information is provided 'as is', without warranty of any kind - It is believed the best available but can contain errors. 

Photo credits
Photos from Jack Glendening, Paul Danielson, Maria Ferdin, Betsy MacGowan, Jim Ringland, Leor Pantilat, Hillary Trout, Paul David Tuff, Nathan Kistler, Amanda Sevall, Perry Way, Brett Pall, and anonymously from the web.  Jim Ringland's photos are under the CC‑BY‑NC‑4 license.

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