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with Camps, Water Sources, and Points of Interest for Ventana/SilverPeak wilderness explorers
Get local, up-to-date 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), plus 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.
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 hikers:
Wilderness trails are not park-like trails ! Pre-hike info/prep often needed
Know the current trail conditions !
A wilderness trail may not be signed or passable or followable
Willow Fire Status Fire 100% contained Closure order in effect
Extreme-danger fire restrictions:no stoves or fires anywhere in backcountry
No−Fires Food (cold+hot)
Extreme-danger fire restrictions:no stoves or fires anywhere in National Forest
No−Fires Food (cold+hot)
Level 3 fire restrictions:no fires in National Forest
Level 2 fire restrictions: Stoves allowed in National Forest (with permit), but no campfires outside designated campgrounds.
Level 1 fire restrictions: Campfires & stoves allowed in National Forest
Willow Post-Fire Closure:
for Marble Peak Trail
Dolan Post-Fire Closures:
for Nacimiento-Fergusson and South Coast Ridge Roads - also trails in J.P. Burns and Limekiln State Parks
Full USFS Forest Closure Entire Los Padres NF closed through September 22
Recent trail closures:
Kirk Creek Trail, until end of July
Recent road closures:
Slides have closed Route 1 between Gorda and Ragged Point - may last a week. Check CalTrans for latest info.
CLOSURE INFO Trail & Roads
LATEST TRAIL NEWS Click for 90-day news
Sep 23
USFS Forest re-opened!
(except for Dolan and Willow post-wildfire closures)
Fire restrictions reduced: stoves allowed in backcountry (but no fires!)
Sep 14
USFS Forest Closure extended:
everything within National Forest boundary is closed,
closure extended through Sept. 22
Aug 31
Full USFS Forest Closure:
everything within National Forest boundary is closed through Sept. 11
Aug 11
Salmon Creek Water contamination:
USFS reports algae bloom in pond below Salmon Creek Falls,
Downstream water considered undrinkable, even if filtered - pets included.
Aug 3
Andrew Molera SP Campground has re-opened
July 31
Kirk Creek & Vicente Flat Trails re-opened
July 24
Revised Willow Closure Order:
closes burnt section of Marble Peak Trail
June 12
Pfeiffer Big Sur SP: Pfeiffer Falls Trail OPEN:
13 years after Basin Complex fire
June 6
Bear campsite activity:
in Spruce Camp, looking for food
May 28
Kirk Creek Trail CLOSED:
through July, to allow trail re-construction
May 25
Level 2 Fire Restrictions in effect:
no open fires outside developed areas, stoves ok
May 24
DOLAN CLOSURES REMOVED:
per expiration of USFS closure order - but western Nacimiento-Fergusson Road and northern South Coast Ridge Road remain closed to vehicles
May15
Tassajara Road graded: for opening of Zen Center season
May2
JP Burns State Park: Tan Bark Trail and Tin House Fireroad OPEN
LATEST SITE NEWS Click for 90-day news
July 25
Garmin-format maps:
Added "Lost Trails" & "Lost Camps" & new contour lines
July 16
Google Earth overlay:
Updated to also work in smartphone and browser GE versions,
in addition to desktop
July 14
Garmin contours updated:
Wider spaced lines makes map more readable
(Personal-use-only copyright - not to be promulgated to public source ala OpenStreetMap/GaiaCloud)
(USGS quads, wilderness areas, wildfire areas)
(Lat/Lon OR UTM OR Section/Township/Range)
(what icons & line colors show)
(those who have given time or data)
(culled from other websites)
CURRENT STATUS
Willow Fire Status Fire 100% contained Closure order in effect
Extreme-danger fire restrictions:no stoves or fires anywhere in backcountry
No−Fires Food (cold+hot)
Extreme-danger fire restrictions:no stoves or fires anywhere in National Forest
No−Fires Food (cold+hot)
Level 3 fire restrictions:no fires in National Forest
Level 2 fire restrictions: Stoves allowed in National Forest (with permit), but no campfires outside designated campgrounds.
Level 1 fire restrictions: Campfires & stoves allowed in National Forest
Willow Post-Fire Closure:
for Marble Peak Trail
Dolan Post-Fire Closures:
for Nacimiento-Fergusson and South Coast Ridge Roads - also trails in J.P. Burns and Limekiln State Parks
Full USFS Forest Closure Entire Los Padres NF closed through September 22
Recent trail closures:
Kirk Creek Trail, until end of July
Recent road closures:
Slides have closed Route 1 between Gorda and Ragged Point - may last a week. Check CalTrans for latest info.
CLOSURE INFO Trail & Roads
LATEST TRAIL NEWS Click for 90-day news
Sep 23
USFS Forest re-opened!
(except for Dolan and Willow post-wildfire closures)
Fire restrictions reduced: stoves allowed in backcountry (but no fires!)
Sep 14
USFS Forest Closure extended:
everything within National Forest boundary is closed,
closure extended through Sept. 22
Aug 31
Full USFS Forest Closure:
everything within National Forest boundary is closed through Sept. 11
Aug 11
Salmon Creek Water contamination:
USFS reports algae bloom in pond below Salmon Creek Falls,
Downstream water considered undrinkable, even if filtered - pets included.
Aug 3
Andrew Molera SP Campground has re-opened
July 31
Kirk Creek & Vicente Flat Trails re-opened
July 24
Revised Willow Closure Order:
closes burnt section of Marble Peak Trail
June 12
Pfeiffer Big Sur SP: Pfeiffer Falls Trail OPEN:
13 years after Basin Complex fire
June 6
Bear campsite activity:
in Spruce Camp, looking for food
May 28
Kirk Creek Trail CLOSED:
through July, to allow trail re-construction
May 25
Level 2 Fire Restrictions in effect:
no open fires outside developed areas, stoves ok
May 24
DOLAN CLOSURES REMOVED:
per expiration of USFS closure order - but western Nacimiento-Fergusson Road and northern South Coast Ridge Road remain closed to vehicles
May15
Tassajara Road graded: for opening of Zen Center season
May2
JP Burns State Park: Tan Bark Trail and Tin House Fireroad OPEN
LATEST SITE NEWS Click for 90-day news
July 25
Garmin-format maps:
Added "Lost Trails" & "Lost Camps" & new contour lines
July 16
Google Earth overlay:
Updated to also work in smartphone and browser GE versions,
in addition to desktop
July 14
Garmin contours updated:
Wider spaced lines makes map more readable
Trail conditions/closures are indicated on:
Interactive Big Sur Trailmap
Interactive Trail Conditions map
Interactive Route Metrics map
Google Earth overlay map are not indicated on:
Printed maps
PDF-format maps
Garmin-format maps
Smartphone maps
View the interactive Big Sur Trailmap
USGS shaded topo background gives context and terrain contours [last update: Oct 28]
View the interactive trail conditions map
Colors show USFS trail conditions and state park trail closures [last rating change: Oct 27
][last update: Oct 27 ]
Download one-page- printable Trailmap sections
Trails, camps, etc. on printable PDF USGS quad/topo map [last update: Oct 27]
Download a Garmin-format Trailmap for a GPS
Routable, so along-trail distance- to-go can be viewed as you hike [last update: Aug 22]
Download a PDF-format Trailmap for a smartphone
For Avenza, can add searchable "Features" layer [last update: Oct 28]
Use the Trailmap in a smartphone GPS app
Multiple options available, depending upon the app [last tiles update: Oct 21]
Download a "Google Earth" Trailmap for your PC
Display trailmap line/icon overlay on 3-D terrain [last update: Oct 28]
Compute route metrics between two locations
For mileage & cumulative gain+loss [last update: Oct 27]
Trail conditions/closures are indicated on:
Interactive Big Sur Trailmap
Interactive Trail Conditions map
Interactive Route Metrics map
Google Earth overlay map are not indicated on:
Printed maps
PDF-format maps
Garmin-format maps
Smartphone maps
For mileage &
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