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Monterey County

Kirk Creek 🏕️ Campground – Limekiln State Park loop from Mill Creek Trail parking

Road cycling routes

Monterey County

Kirk Creek 🏕️ Campground – Limekiln State Park loop from Mill Creek Trail parking

Moderate

2.8

(22)

55

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Kirk Creek 🏕️ Campground – Limekiln State Park loop from Mill Creek Trail parking

01:58

38.7km

550m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. 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: March 17, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Los Padres National Forest

Waypoints

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1.52 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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2

4.70 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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3

6.51 km

Paul's Slide ⛰️ Big Sur Hwy 1

Highlight • Natural Monument

Hwy 1 was closed here for half a year in 2017 after one of several massive landslides; as the name suggests this has happened many times before.

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4

8.06 km

Lucía Inn 🏘️ Big Sur

Highlight • Restaurant

this place has burned down

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5

8.11 km

Lucia Lodge Coastal View

Highlight • Viewpoint

A little tough to find but it's the only accommodations in Lucia. Got hit by fires in late 2021 but was open (partially) as of Feb 2022. They have starlink …

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6

10.4 km

Lopez Rock overlook

Highlight • Viewpoint

7

28.4 km

Jade Cove

Highlight • Beach

Great place for camping and picnicking.

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38.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

35.6 km

2.87 km

113 m

111 m

Surfaces

30.2 km

8.30 km

113 m

111 m

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