San Simeon State Park

... Unfortunately we didn't have enough time to stop anywhere else, but if you stay overnight in the Big Sur area Pfeiffer Burns State Park looks very promising.  It has plenty of hiking trails, waterfalls AND beach access.  Here's a great site for ...

... headed to San Simeon to see the Hearst Castle. The drive there was beautiful. We followed the coast of California to the Hearst State Park Welcome center. We arrived just in time to catch our bus to the actual castle. We often talk about how blessed we ...

Got to the state park at San Simeon just in time to see sunset on the ...

... in the world doesn't ensure that things will work out. That, maybe, just "winging it" is the best plan? I made it to the San Simeon State Park for the first 2 nights of camping, roughing it in a tent with no services. Weather was decent. Walked to the ...

... make really rude noises though! Hahahahahahahahahaa!! We then passed by a row of motels and inns before arriving at the Hearst San Simeon State Park. Yeeeaaayyy!! They had loads of availability, but it costs $35 per night! I thought it was rather steep, ...

... castle and monitor the oceanographic, biological and geographic features of the adjoining National Marine Sanctuary and manage the adjacent state park. Entrance to the estate is through a splendid Visitors Center where you’re prepped with a short ...

... Dodge Charger - it's a complete 'muscle' car in silver and is enormous! So J loves it of course......! A stop at Pffeifer State Park for a wander through the redwood forest up to Valley View and then onto the Pffeifer falls - which really weren't up ...

... , WInston Churchill, Greta Garbo, Howard Hughes and Charlie Chaplin to name but a few. While the house and grounds is run as a State Park these days, all the land around is still owned by the Hearst Corporation and run as a ranch. Just up the road in ...

I headed south from Salinas. My destination was the Julia-Pfeiffer Burns State Park. The Julia-Pfeiffer Burns State Park is on Highway 1, right along the coast. The best known attraction is an 80-foot waterfall that shoots out from a cliff and comes ...

... . The icing on the cake for the day was once we reached Carmel and finding McWay Falls a part of Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park which was a hidden waterfall running directly on to a secluded beach. Somebody had managed to make their way down to the ...