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Overview
About Big Sur Station Visitor Center
Why stop
- Helpful staff and good maps make trip planning easier.
Map
Where it is
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Before you go
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Pfeiffer Big Sur Tour Guide
Your drive to Big Sur Station Visitor Center, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this place
Big Sur Station: Gateway to Pine Ridge0:00 / 0:28
“You're coming up on Big Sur Station and the Pine Ridge trailhead. The station has wilderness maps and local route advice for the backcountry beyond it. Pine Ridge was built by the Post family in nineteen sixteen.”
Plays as you drive up to Big Sur Station Visitor Center in the Parkwolf Pfeiffer Big Sur Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
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- 10 audio storiesacross Pfeiffer Big Sur’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor California Condor, Wild Turkey, Mule Deer, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 11 trails, 20 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Guide
More about Big Sur Station Visitor Center
A useful first stopBig Sur Station is a multi-agency visitor center on Highway 1, about half a mile south of…
Big Sur Station is a multi-agency visitor center on Highway 1, about half a mile south of Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park's entrance. Come here to get your bearings on the coast: staff answer questions about trails, beaches and campgrounds and help with trip planning.
Maps, supplies and local adviceThe nature store carries wilderness maps, guidebooks, books, gifts and last-minute camping…
The nature store carries wilderness maps, guidebooks, books, gifts and last-minute camping supplies. If you're choosing a hike, ask about trail conditions and routes before you set out; visitors regularly value the practical maps and staff advice here.
A station with a community roleThe cooperative facility was created in 1989 as both an information center and an emergency…
The cooperative facility was created in 1989 as both an information center and an emergency coordination location for the Big Sur community and its visitors. The Los Padres Forest Association operates the visitor center in partnership with the Forest Service, and the shop carries local products and outdoor essentials.
Useful to knowVisitors repeatedly report clean public restrooms.
Visitors repeatedly report clean public restrooms. The center is near the Pine Ridge Trailhead, a separate access point for hikers. This is a planning stop rather than a sightseeing attraction; its value is the local knowledge, maps and supplies.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Pfeiffer Big Sur
10 sightingsCalifornia CondorMost seen around 1 PMSighting map
55 sightingsWild TurkeyMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
100 sightingsMule DeerMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
36 sightingsTurkey VultureMost seen around 1 PMSighting map
46 sightingsAcorn WoodpeckerMost seen around 9 AMSighting map
11 sightingsGray FoxMost seen around 6 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Pfeiffer Big Sur. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
