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Partington Cove 🌊 – Big Creek Bridge loop from John Little State Natural Reserve

Partington Cove 🌊 – Big Creek Bridge loop from John Little State Natural Reserve

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Partington Cove 🌊 – Big Creek Bridge loop from John Little State Natural Reserve

05:07

89.8km

1,790m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 8, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Los Padres National Forest

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8.27 km

Partington Cove 🌊

Highlight • Beach

Picturesque cove only partially visible from above, but worth hiking down from the trailhead a quarter mile further north

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9.23 km

California Sea Otter State Game Refuge 🌊 Big Sur Coast Hwy1

Highlight • Natural Monument

The otter refuge stretches along a long section of the coast.

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13.6 km

Seals Beach Overlook 🐋 Big Sur Cabrillo Highway 1

Highlight • Viewpoint

Now known as Posts, California, I'm using the old name since it's more descriptive. If riding the PCH this is a can't miss viewpoint with plenty of space to pull …

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22.8 km

Entrance to Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park & Lodge

Highlight • Rest Area

Hard to miss riding South on the PCH through Big Sur (going north it's in the middle of a descent)

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31.1 km

Grimes Point Scenic Overlook 🌊 Big Sur

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great overlook across Grimes Canyon and the Big Sur coast.

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46.2 km

John Little State Natural Reserve

Nature Reserve

52.8 km

Big Creek Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Pedestrians can hike into the reserve and down under the historic bridge to the beach.

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64.4 km

Limekiln State Park

Highlight • Natural Monument

Beautiful beach and campground, some sites with beach view through the columns of a tall bridge, most are under tall trees in canyon. Good drinking water, showers; ranger staffed entrance booth.

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67.6 km

Kirk Creek 🏕️ Campground

Highlight • Rest Area

Great views right on the coast, but expensive ($35 in 2017, Bikers 🚴 just $5😀) and no water. Nearest water at Limekiln State Park 3 miles north.

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89.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

88.4 km

1.35 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

80.8 km

7.72 km

1.35 km

Elevation

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Highest point (290 m)

Lowest point (20 m)

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Wednesday 27 May

14°C

8°C

15 %

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Partington Cove 🌊

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Entrance to Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park & Lodge

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