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Big Creek Bridge – Partington Cove 🌊 loop from Mill Creek Trail parking

Big Creek Bridge – Partington Cove 🌊 loop from Mill Creek Trail parking

Hard

4.9

(5612)

19,031

riders

Big Creek Bridge – Partington Cove 🌊 loop from Mill Creek Trail parking

09:03

175km

2,960m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 28, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 124 km for 57 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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4.62 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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7.98 km

Lucía Inn 🏘️ Big Sur

Highlight • Restaurant

this place has burned down

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16.2 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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22.9 km

John Little State Natural Reserve

Nature Reserve

30.5 km

Condor Big Sur coastal viewpoint 🌊

Highlight • Viewpoint

Dramatic promontory with views north and south along the rugged Big Sur coast, historic and nature info panels, and a natural bridge eroded by waves under a rock island right below

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31.7 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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32.7 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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37.1 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 over on your bike off the highway. Even though it's at just 288 meters of elevation, it's actually the high point along the Big Sur stretch of the PCH.

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38.0 km

Grimes Point Scenic Overlook 🌊 Big Sur

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great overlook across Grimes Canyon and the Big Sur coast.

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124 km

Elephant Seal Vista Point

Viewpoint

175 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

172 km

2.87 km

313 m

300 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

163 km

11.7 km

313 m

300 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Thursday 2 July

14°C

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