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.
State Park Closures
North→South
Open Trails:
Bluffs
(partial),
Bobcat,
Campground,
Coyote Flat,
Creamery Meadow,
East Molera,
Headlands,
Panorama,
Ridge,
Spring
Closed Trails:
Bluffs Trail
(partial)
Campground: open
Open Trails:
Buzzards Roost,
Liewald Loop,
Mount Manuel Connector,
Nature,
Pfeiffer Falls
(partial),
Post Creek,
River Path,
Valley View,
Wardens Path
Closed Trails:
Oak Grove,
Pfeiffer Falls Trail
(partial)
Campground: open
Open Trails:
Canyon
(partial),
Ewoldsen Loop
(partial),
Partington Cove,
Ridge Overlook,
Tanbark,
Waters
Closed Trails:
Canyon
(partial),
Ewoldsen Loop
(partial),
McWay Waterfall Overlook
Campground: open
Open Trails:
Alvin,
Limekiln
Closed Trails:
Falls,
Hare Creek
Campground: closed
Long-termPublic
(non-gated) Roads
Officially "Closed to Vehicles"
North→South
Gated to vehicles by Monterey County closure beyond
"The Hoist" (since Jul.2016, following Soberanes fire)
(Old) Coast Road
Often closed to vehicles during the rainy season
Tassajara Road *
Soft closure at Forest boundary
(may be treacherous with mud/snow)
USFS National Forest Closures
Closure Order (ends Jul.2025)
USFS statement on road closures
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
Public (non-gated) Roads
Officially "Closed to Vehicles"
Due to lack/unreliability of on‑line info:
Del Venturi Road ford closures not shown
Sycamore Road (Pfeiffer Beach) status unreliable
Below last updated: May 15, 2025
County Roads
"Closed to Vehicles"
Palo Colorado Road - paved
(partial)
USFS Roads
"Closed to Vehicles"
Cone Peak Road
LISTING
Trails, Roads, Camps, ...
Officially "Closed to Hikers"
Below last updated: May 15, 2025
Andrew Molera State Park
"Closed to Hikers"
Bluffs Trail
(partial)
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 Trail
(partial)
Ewoldsen Loop Trail
(partial)
McWay Waterfall Overlook Trail
Limekiln State Park
"Closed to Hikers"
Falls Trail
Hare Creek Trail
Limekiln SP Campground
USFS Campgrounds
"Closed to Hikers"
Bottchers Gap Campground
USFS Roads
"Closed to Hikers"
Cone Peak Road
(partial)
USFS Trails
"Closed to Hikers"
Pine Ridge Trail
(partial)
Rocky Creek Trail
Other Trails
"Closed to Hikers"
Mill Creek Preserve Trail
for details)
Rte.1 Big Sur closure in effect