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
the route planning tools ...
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the trail conditions map ...
Interactive map screnshot
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. 
[User experiences+testimonials]
  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  
The trails want YOU   
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Average Forest Trail Conditions = 71%  [Pre2016Wildfire=74%]  [history]
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CURRENT STATUS
Level 3 fire restrictions:  no fires 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  
Closed State Parks:  Limekiln SP (except for beach) 

CLOSURE INFO
Trail & Roads

TRAIL 90-day NEWS:
(click for details/older)
Nov.1    Post-Dolan-Wildfire Closure extended:
Closure areas unchanged but extended until April 30
Sep.23  USFS Forest re-opened!
But Dolan & Willow post-fire closures remain active
Sep.23  Fire restrictions reduced:
Stoves allowed in backcountry (but no fires!)
Sep.14  Forest Closure extended:
Everything within USFS National Forest boundary is closed, closure extended through Sept. 22

SITE 90-day NEWS:
(click for details/older)
Nov.29  Geopdf background map change:
From classic USGS to National Map shaded terrain background
Nov.29  Printed maps closures option:
Added option to display/ignore current closures

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) 























(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) 














CURRENT STATUS
Level 3 fire restrictions:  no fires 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  
Closed State Parks:  Limekiln SP (except for beach) 

CLOSURE INFO
Trail & Roads

TRAIL 90-day NEWS:
(click for details/older)
Nov.1    Post-Dolan-Wildfire Closure extended:
Closure areas unchanged but extended until April 30
Sep.23  USFS Forest re-opened!
But Dolan & Willow post-fire closures remain active
Sep.23  Fire restrictions reduced:
Stoves allowed in backcountry (but no fires!)
Sep.14  Forest Closure extended:
Everything within USFS National Forest boundary is closed, closure extended through Sept. 22

SITE 90-day NEWS:
(click for details/older)
Nov.29  Geopdf background map change:
From classic USGS to National Map shaded terrain background
Nov.29  Printed maps closures option:
Added option to display/ignore current closures

Latest blog post: 
Latest forum post: 

Trail conditions & closures
are indicated on:
Interactive Trail Conditions map
Interactive Big Sur Trailmap
Interactive Route Metrics map
Google Earth overlay map
are not indicated on:
PDF-format maps
Garmin-format maps
Smartphone maps
are optionally indicated on:
Printed maps
View the interactive
Big Sur Trailmap

USGS shaded topo background
gives context and terrain contours
[last update: Nov 30]
View the interactive
trail conditions map

Colors show USFS trail conditions
and state park trail closures
[last update: Nov 28 ]
Download one-page-
printable Trailmap sections

Trails, camps, etc. on printable
PDF USGS quad/topo map
[last update: Nov 29]
Download a Garmin-format
Trailmap for a GPS

Routable, so along-trail distance-
to-go can be viewed as you hike
[last update: Nov 24]
Download a PDF-format
Trailmap for a smartphone

For Avenza, can add
searchable "Features" layer
[last update: Nov 29]
Use the Trailmap in a
smartphone GPS app

Multiple options available,
depending upon the app
[last tiles update: Nov 30]
Download a "Google
Earth" Trailmap for your PC

Display trailmap line/icon
overlay on 3-D terrain
[last update: Nov 30]
Compute route metrics
between two locations 

Cool Grin   For mileage &
cumulative gain+loss
[last update: Nov 28]
Trail conditions & closures
are indicated on:
Interactive Trail Conditions map
Interactive Big Sur Trailmap
Interactive Route Metrics map
Google Earth overlay map
are not indicated on:
PDF-format maps
Garmin-format maps
Smartphone maps
are optionally indicated on:
Printed maps


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If you have something to contribute or find an error,
please post to my forum.

Trailmap contributions help others and will be credited,
also building good trail karma and being a valued contributor.

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I welcome feedback on the information provided by this website on 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 information provided in these webpages is insufficient for your trip planning or if you want personal trip guidance, please use the VWA Discussion Forum, which is read by many Big Sur hikers.

Copyright
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 or Gaia Cloud. 
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