Please help. My daughter is camping in Big Sur tomorrow and just called to ask how to get to the “secret” beach. We call it that as when we went a few years ago, we felt like we discovered the beach as there was virtually no one there.

As I recall, when we left the Lodge at Big Sur we turned left. It seems to me we drove less than a mile south and turned right onto a very narrow dirt road. We took this road for a mile or two until we came to a deserted parking area. The beach was MAGNIFICENT. Lots of rock formations and areas to climb.

Anyone out there who could help me???

Trav... I'm pretty sure someone in the area can tell her how to get there. We've gone to the same "secret" beach a couple of times. Your directions seem right to me, but:

Isn't there some sort of a sign at the right turn? And doesn't the dirt road can of head downward and curve, immediately from the larger road?

These are memories of course, and time and distance may have confused them with other places. But I still think a local can help.

I think there might be a map online, and I think I remember that you can pick up a local map.

Yes, the road to the beach went downward and there was a road (also on the right side) the went "up and back".

I've tried pulling up some maps and just can't seem to find it.

I remember someone telling me that as you approach the road from the south, it was directly across from another sign (but can't remember what that sign said).

Well, hopefully, bringing this back up someone will chime in.

Is it Pfeiffer Beach? Here is a link that I found that might help.

http://www.campone.com/

click on the link for Pfeiffer Beach. Hope this helps.

-Bill

Yes, that's it. Thank you Bill.

Guess it's not a secret after all!!!