CLOSURE SUMMARY
From daily monitoring of 18 USFS, State Park, County webpages.
Subject to my errors, check "OFFICIAL INFO" to confirm.
Short-term closures, e.g. due to storms, may not be known.
June 2: Parks Management website unreliable:
Day Use Area staffing difficulties (due to Route 1 closure)
are creating open/closed uncertainties with no notice on their website,
hence no notice here. Currently Pfeiffer Beach DUA is supposedly open daily.
Andrew Molera SP
Open, but not campground - only Bobcat, Headlands, and East Molera Trails open for hiking.
Pfeiffer Big Sur SP
Open - Pfeiffer Falls Trail partly closed
(falls can be viewed as in-out via Valley View Trail)
Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP
Open - but only McWay Waterfall Overlook Trail, Tanbark Trail, Partington Cove, & Tin House Fireroad open for hiking
Limekiln SP
Closed indefinitely
Long-term
Officially "Closed to Vehicles"
Public (non-gated) Roads
Old Coast Road * Seasonally closed to vehicles due to rain
Tassajara Road * Soft closure at Forest boundary
(may be treacherous with mud/snow)
Palo Colorado Road Gated to vehicles beyond
"The Hoist"
Nacimiento-Fergusson Road Gated to vehicles between Route 1 and
Nacimiento Campground
* = Often 'officially closed' (especially in rainy season) by county due to 'hazardous conditions',
but as 'soft closure' with some driving past closure signs at their own risk, with conditions varying from easily passable by high‑clearance auto to difficult for 4WD vehicle.
USFS National Forest 60‑day Closures
(until Oct. 30)
Closure Order
USFS Trail Closures
USFS Road Closures
USFS Campground Closures
(managed by Parks Management)
Dolan Wildfire Post-Fire Closures
All post-fire closures shown are still in effect.
Any later, non-Dolan, closures are not shown here.
Many trails burnt by 2020 Dolan wildfire
[see burn area overlay on interactive map]
Feb.2023 update
Much burned hot and barren, now partial vegetation recovery but effects remain - and recent rains have badly eroded the unstable soil in places. Many trails have had no trailwork since burn or rains.
Lack of post-fire trail reports in many burn area makes Trail Conditions Map unreliable in spots, check individual trail reports for details.
Post-fire USFS Closures
Nacimiento-Fergusson Road Gated to vehicles between Route 1 and
Nacimiento Campground
South Coast Ridge Road Gated between Nacimiento-Fergusson Road and Prewitt Ridge Road
Chalk Peak Campground Closed
Cone Peak Road Gated
ArroyoSeco-Indians Road Gated to Esondido Camp
Official USFS closure links
USFS Closure Order
USFS Closure Map
Closure order valid through April 29, 2023
Post-fire State Park Closures
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park Canyon Falls and Ewoldsen Loop trails closed
Limekiln State Park All trails closed
Official State Park closure links
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park Closures
Limekiln State Park Closures
Willow Wildfire Post-fire Closure Info
Marble Peak Trail closed between Horse Pasture Trail and South Fork Trail
Camp closures along section:
Tassajara Creek Camp and
Willow Springs Camp
Official closure links:
Extended USFS Closure Order
USFS Closure Map
Closure order expires April 30, 2022
Full Closure of Los Padres National Forest
Entire USFS National Forest is closed to public
All property, trails, roads, camps, campgrounds, day use area, etc.,etc.
(Closure applies to essentially all National Forests in California)
USFS Closure Order
Closure order expiry extended - now through September 22, 2021
(Original closure order expiry final day was September 17, 2021)
LISTING
Officially "Closed to Vehicles"
Public (non-gated) Roads
Below last updated: Sep 20, 2023
County Roads
"Closed to Vehicles"
Arroyo Seco Road
Old Coast Road
(partial)
*
Palo Colorado Road - paved
(partial)
Tassajara Road - dirt
(partial)
*
USFS Roads
"Closed to Vehicles"
Alms Ridge Road
Arroyo Seco: Campground Road
Arroyo Seco: Entrance Road
Arroyo Seco: Primitive Campground Road
ArroyoSeco-Indians Road
Cone Peak Road
(partial)
Los Burros Road
Los Burros Spur Road
Lottie Potrero Camp Road
Lower Plaskett Ridge Road
Miguel Camp Road
Nacimiento-Fergusson Road
(partial)
Plaskett Ridge Road
Ponderosa Campground Road
Prewitt Ridge Camp Road
Prewitt Ridge Road
Prisoner Flat Road
San Martin Road
South Coast Ridge Road
Sycamore Flat Road
Limekiln SP Roads
"Closed to Vehicles"
Entrance Road
* = Often officially 'closed' (especially in rainy season) by county due to 'hazardous conditions',
but as 'soft' closure with some driving past closure signs at their own risk, with conditions varying from easily passible by high‑clearance auto to difficult for 4WD vehicle.
Ft. Hunter-Liggett closures at Del Venturi Road fords
seldom reported here since info not obtainable on‑line
LISTING
Officially "Closed to Hikers"
Trails, Roads, Camps, ...
Below last updated: Sep 20, 2023
Andrew Molera State Park
"Closed to Hikers"
Andrew Molera SP Campground
Beach Trail
Bluffs Trail
(partial)
Campground Access Road
Campground Trail
Coyote Flat Trail
Hidden Trail
River Trail
Twin Cottonwoods Trail
Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
"Closed to Hikers"
Oak Grove Trail
Pfeiffer Falls Trail
(partial)
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
"Closed to Hikers"
Campground Access Road
Canyon Falls Trail
Ewoldsen Loop Trail
McWay Waterfall Overlook Trail
(partial)
Ridge Overlook Trail
Waters Trail
Limekiln State Park
"Closed to Hikers"
Alvin Trail
Campground Road
Entrance Road
Falls Trail
Hare Creek Trail
Limekiln Trail
USFS Day Use Areas
"Closed to Hikers"
Arroyo Seco DayUse
USFS Campgrounds
"Closed to Hikers"
Arroyo Seco Campground
Arroyo Seco Group Campground
Arroyo Seco Primitive Campground
Bottchers Gap Campground
China Camp Campground
Limekiln SP Campground
Nacimiento Campground
Ponderosa Campground
White Oaks Campground
USFS Roads
"Closed to Hikers"
California Route 1
(partial)
Cone Peak Road
(partial)
Los Burros Road
Los Burros Spur Road
Lottie Potrero Camp Road
Miguel Camp Road
Nacimiento-Fergusson Road
(partial)
Plaskett Ridge Road
Ponderosa Campground Road
Prisoner Flat Road
San Martin Road
South Coast Ridge Road
(partial)
Sycamore Flat Road
USFS Trails
"Closed to Hikers"
Rocky Creek Trail
Sand Dollar Beach Trail
USFS Camps
"Closed to Hikers"
Chalk Peak Camp
Other Trails
"Closed to Hikers"
Mill Creek Preserve Trail
for details)