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Top Spots

Explore Dreamy Wrath Wines Vineyards

Soledad, California

Visitor Contact Station to Vista Point

Paicines, California

0.24 mi / 49 ft gain

Pinnacles Overlook Trail

Paicines, California

1.02 mi / 171 ft gain

Moses Spring Trail to Bear Gulch Reservoir

Paicines, California

1.13 mi / 325 ft gain

Hike to Bear Gulch Reservoir in Pinnacles National Park

Paicines, California

3.5
1.5 mi / 275 ft gain

High Peaks and Bear Gulch Loop Trail

Paicines, California

7.28 mi / 1827 ft gain

Hike the Juniper Canyon, High Peaks, Tunnel Trail Loop in Pinnacles NP

Paicines, California

5.0
4.3 mi / 1200 ft gain

Old Pinnacles Trail Loop

Paicines, California

9.37 mi / 2014 ft gain

Balconies Cave Trail

Paicines, California

2.63 mi / 617 ft gain

Places to stay

Pinnacles Campground

Paicines, California

Pinnacles Campground

From $30 / night

Arroyo Seco

Greenfield, California

Arroyo Seco

From $25 / night

Plaskett Creek Campground

69345 California 1

Plaskett Creek Campground

From $35 / night

Big Sur Lodge

Big Sur, California

Big Sur Lodge

From $199 / night

Salinas / Monterey KOA

Prunedale, California

Salinas / Monterey KOA

Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds

Pacific Grove, California

Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds

From $176 / night

Guides and stories

Making a Wrong Turn in Pinnacles National Park

Making a Wrong Turn in Pinnacles National Park

Benjamin Canevari

Seek Beauty on the Big Sur Coast

Seek Beauty on the Big Sur Coast

Sara Sheehy

Slow Down and Explore Big Sur

Slow Down and Explore Big Sur

The Outbound Collective

Over a Year after Massive Mudslide, Big Sur's Scenic Highway 1 Reopens

Over a Year after Massive Mudslide, Big Sur's Scenic Highway 1 Reopens

The Outbound Collective

Exploring Big Sur, a Photographer's Dream

Exploring Big Sur, a Photographer's Dream

Rufino Martinez

5 Photos of Big Sur's Ever-Changing Seasons

5 Photos of Big Sur's Ever-Changing Seasons

Jovelyn Gruspe

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