Pfeiffer Big Sur sighting maps
10 sightingsCalifornia CondorGymnogyps californianusMost seen 12–4 PMSighting map
55 sightingsWild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoMost seen 6–9 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map
101 sightingsMule DeerOdocoileus hemionusMost seen 6 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map
36 sightingsTurkey VultureCathartes auraMost seen 11 AM–4 PMSighting map
46 sightingsAcorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusMost seen 8 AM–12 PM & 4–6 PMSighting map
11 sightingsGray FoxUrocyon cinereoargenteusMost seen 6 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map
10 sightingsGopher SnakePituophis cateniferMost seen 9 AM–12 PM & 5–8 PMSighting map
10 sightingsAlligator LizardElgaria multicarinataMost seen 9–11 AM & 4–7 PMSighting map
20 sightingsSkinkPlestiodon skiltonianusMost seen 10 AM–1 PM & 2–4 PMSighting map
40 sightingsEnsatinaEnsatina eschscholtziiMost seen 6–8 PMSighting map
87 sightingsFence LizardSceloporus occidentalisMost seen 10 AM–3 PMSighting map
20 sightingsScrub-JayAphelocoma californicaMost seen 7–10 AM & 4–6 PMSighting map
300 sightingsSteller's JayCyanocitta stelleriMost seen 8 AM–1 PM & 5 PMSighting map
17 sightingsBand-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciataMost seen 7–9 AM & 4–6 PMSighting map
15 sightingsFlickerColaptes auratusMost seen 7–10 AM & 3–5 PMSighting map
59 sightingsDipperCinclus mexicanusMost seen 7–9 AM & 3–6 PMSighting mapEach map shows where a species has been reported across Pfeiffer Big Sur. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.


The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Pfeiffer Big Sur Tour Guide
Pfeiffer Big Sur, 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
Pfeiffer Falls: The Redwood Ravine“The Pfeiffer Falls trailhead is coming up, with a sixty-foot waterfall at the end of a redwood ravine. Allow an hour to ninety minutes for the one point one mile round trip, with steady climbing and uneven timber steps.”
Plays as you drive up to Pfeiffer Falls in the Parkwolf Pfeiffer Big Sur Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Ewoldsen Nature Center: Fly Like a Condor
- Big Sur Lodge and Redwood Deck
- Mount Manuel Trail: A Full Day Above the Gorge
- Big Sur Station: Gateway to Pine Ridge
- 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
