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to find your own adventure.
Black Butte Pano photo
to find your own adventure
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the print/PDF/Garmin maps ...
Metrics calculation screenshot
the route planning tools ...
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the trail conditions map ...
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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. 
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  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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Wilderness hikers: 
Wilderness trails are not park-like walking trails !
Additional knowledge/preparation often required
A wilderness trail may not be signed or passable or followable  
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Current Forest Trail Conditions Average = 55%   [Pre2016Wildfire=74%]  
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   CURRENT STATUS   
Level 1 fire restrictions:  Campfires & stoves allowed in backcountry  
National Forest closures:  Dolan Fire closure area (map)
State Park closures:  Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP (Canyon Falls and Ewoldsen Trails closed) and Limekiln SP (except for beach) 
Long-term Road closures:  Palo Colorado Road and Tassajara Road (soft closure)
Wildfire Road closures:  Nacimiento-Fergusson Road, Milpitas Road, Los Burros Road, South Coast Ridge Road

 90-day TRAIL NEWS 
May15  Tassajara Road graded: for opening of Zen Center season
May2  JP Burns State Park: Tan Bark Trail and Tin House Fireroad OPEN
Apr23  CA Route 1 FULLY OPEN
Apr13  Pine Ridge Trail FULLY OPEN: with two re-routes on western section
Apr2  Limekiln State Park OPEN: for camping only
Feb19  USFS Campgrounds OPEN: Kirk Creek and Plaskett Creek Campgrounds
Feb5  Road opening: Old Coast Road

 90-day SITE NEWS 
May 4  New Pine Ridge Trail Photomap: PRT opening gives more backpacking opportunities
Apr 29  Garmin map routing changes: Garmin changes force altering Garmin map's routing properties (for the worse).  If you use trail routing or display along-trail distances in the Garmin-format Trailmap, see this "Routing Changes" discussion.
Apr 24  Garmin GPS files updated: fixed problem preventing these from being updated (since last April!) 
Latest blog post: 
Latest forum post: 


   CURRENT STATUS   
Level 1 fire restrictions:  Campfires & stoves allowed in backcountry  
National Forest closures:  Dolan Fire closure area (map)
State Park closures:  Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP (Canyon Falls and Ewoldsen Trails closed) and Limekiln SP (except for beach) 
Long-term Road closures:  Palo Colorado Road and Tassajara Road (soft closure)
Wildfire Road closures:  Nacimiento-Fergusson Road, Milpitas Road, Los Burros Road, South Coast Ridge Road

 90-day TRAIL NEWS 
May15  Tassajara Road graded: for opening of Zen Center season
May2  JP Burns State Park: Tan Bark Trail and Tin House Fireroad OPEN
Apr23  CA Route 1 FULLY OPEN
Apr13  Pine Ridge Trail FULLY OPEN: with two re-routes on western section
Apr2  Limekiln State Park OPEN: for camping only
Feb19  USFS Campgrounds OPEN: Kirk Creek and Plaskett Creek Campgrounds
Feb5  Road opening: Old Coast Road

 90-day SITE NEWS 
May 4  New Pine Ridge Trail Photomap: PRT opening gives more backpacking opportunities
Apr 29  Garmin map routing changes: Garmin changes force altering Garmin map's routing properties (for the worse).  If you use trail routing or display along-trail distances in the Garmin-format Trailmap, see this "Routing Changes" discussion.
Apr 24  Garmin GPS files updated: fixed problem preventing these from being updated (since last April!) 
Latest blog post: 
Latest forum post: 











(trails, camps, USGS names, etc - gives description and location map) 

(search for words in webpages) 

(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) 













View the interactive
Big Sur Trailmap

USGS shaded topo background
gives context and terrain contours
[last update: May 17]
View the interactive
trail conditions map

Colors show USFS trail conditions
and state park trail closures
[last rating change: May 16 ]
Download one-page-
printable Trailmap sections

Trails, camps, etc. on printable
PDF USGS quadrangle map
[last update: Apr 24]
Use the Trailmap in a
smartphone GPS app

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

Routable, so along-trail distance-
to-go can be viewed as you hike
[last update: Apr 29]
Download a PDF-format
Trailmap for a smartphone

For Avenza, can add
searchable "Features" layer
[last update: Apr 24]
Download a "Google
Earth" Trailmap for your PC

Saving this link to GE "My Places"
loads latest trailmap at GE start
Compute route metrics
between two locations 

Cool Grin   For mileage &
cumulative gain+loss
[last update: May 17]










(trails, camps, USGS names, etc - gives description and location map) 

(search for words in webpages) 

(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) 














If you have something to contribute or find an error,
please post to the
. 
Trailmap contributions help others and will be credited,
also building good trail karma and being a
. 


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