I look forward to our trip next year! Very beautiful place.

Anyone at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park last Thursday night? Multiple cars had tires slashed.

My family was camping at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park beginning Thursday 7/16/26, and sometime overnight Thursday into Friday, someone intentionally slashed all four tires on our vehicle. We reported it to the park sheriff Friday morning. Our campsite neighbor had one tire slashed, and we know of one other family who had 2 tires slashed. A fun family vacation we anticipated for 6 months turned out to be extremely stressful, and although we have filed a vandalism claim with our auto insurance, depending on the outcome of that claim, we expect to incur at least our insurance deductible and possibly other unreimbursed costs. Not to mention how scared my young kids were due to the incident.

Although it's a long shot, we're hoping someone who was there may have seen or heard something unusual that night, a suspicious person, vehicle, noises, or anything else that might help. Even something that seemed insignificant at the time could be useful.

If you have information that could help the investigation, please reach out to me by sending me a message.

Thanks everyone. We're just hoping whoever did this is identified so it doesn't happen to another family.

Camping at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Saturday night, and around 3-4 a.m. Both myself and my girlfriend woke up to one of the strangest sequences of sounds I’ve ever heard. We camped there for 3 nights, and I’ve been a handful of times in the past.

First, there were repeated** **“hack-hack-hack” cough-like noises that seemed to travel through the campground. We didn’t hear this noise any other nights, it was extremely unique. It genuinely sounded like someone walking around coughing, except it was moving too fast through the campground.

Immediately after it stopped, there was a very high-pitched, ear-piercing tone that lasted for a few minutes. It had two different tones. It didn’t sound like an animal at all—more like a sustained mechanical or electronic tone. This one freaked me out and got my hair standing up.

Then, after the tone stopped, there was a long whooshing sound that reminded me of a plane flying overhead.

I’ve camped plenty before, but I’ve never heard this combination of sounds. Has anyone else experienced this at Pfeiffer or know what it might have been?

Hey, I have a very nice campsite in Big Sur August 11-13th and we're unable to make it up until the following week. Wondering if anyone is in my situation... but reverse.

Looking to swap our campsite for one anytime between August 14-August 23.

Send me a DM and I can tell you more information about which site.

Thank you!

I had to drive to Big Sur for work today. (I know, rough life!) I was hoping to lunch at Nepenthe but there was zero parking available so I hopped back up to the Big Sur Roadhouse. So my view was the river instead of the ocean. Still awesome!

And my lunch companion was loud but still pretty pleasant.

Craziest sunset I’ve seen in a while!!! I was at Sand Dollar beach - staying at plaskett #sunset #bigsur #sanddollarbeach #beauty

Sunset views from this weekend , feeling so lucky !!

LOST GOLD EARRING at Andrew Molera State Park / Beach / Trail. I lost one of my gold earrings on July 7th. It was lost either on the beach or along the trail/pathway connecting the Highway-1 turnout and parking lot past the old ranch house (Creamery Meadow Trail) to the beach. I have attached photos of the matching earring that I still have. If you found an earring matching this description while visiting, please send me a direct message! To make sure it’s a match, please send a quick photo of the piece you found and the time and date. This earring has deep sentimental value to me and a reward is offered for its safe return. Thank you so much!

#AndrewMolera #BigSur #lostjewelry #goldearring #Highway1 #Creamery #trail

I have a trip planned for Pfeiffer Big Sur campground this week supposed to be 7/14 - 7/21. Unfortunately, due to work, I can't show up until a few days after the start date of my reservation. I tried calling the Pfeiffer Big Sur campground phone number and I keep getting hit with menu options that redirect me to ReserveCalifornia. They then tell me (every time) to call Pfeiffer and it's an endless loop.

I was told I need to notify them of my late arrival every day that I won't make it in. However, I have had no luck in reaching them. I sent an email as well just for good measure. Has anyone else dealt with this issue? Looking to get a solution for this as soon as possible as I wouldn't like to drive 5-6 hours and show up to my site being gone.

Any info/help is appreciated. Thanks.

Second backpacking trip had a blast going along the big Sur river to Sykes camp, plenty of swimming was done and hot spring enjoyed. Redwood camp large and roomy hackysack was played . Definitely want to come back again, maybe along the coast next time

Loved reading these stories, such a crazy time.

Wanted to share this amazing first time experience backpacking to Timber Top 10/10 recommend 🤩

Looking for beta on my route - is any of this part of the road closed to bicycles? I'm looking to bikepack Monterey to SB next week. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/56102467

Let me know if you have local beta - thank you!

We were helping you look for them last Wednesday. I found them the following day but you had left. Would love to return them to you!

July 9th 2026

Hey guys, husband and I are going camping in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park this weekend and I just wanted to know what the tick situation is out there. I'm a bit paranoid. We're staying on Weyland Campsite. Thanks in advance for any tips or suggestions.

Been looking forward to seeing McWay Falls for the first time and it exceeded my expectations. Felt like a dream watching the freshwater falling on to the beach. Caught myself drifting into mindfulness mode for a moment.

Hey R/Big sur first post on here. I don’t know how many locals are on here but I live and work at the Big Sur lodge and I’m trying to make some new friends. I’m 23 years old and love to hike and backpack. I want to do the Vicente flat trail up to cone peak soon if anyone is interested let me know!

My friends and I want to backpack to Pine Falls from China Camp next week. Knowing water levels is important since, a. survival, and b. we want to see the river/falls. I looked up flow data of the Carmel River from USGS and Monterey County, but it won’t tell me what the flow levels are close to the point I’m interested in. Anyone have any personal testimony from recently or know where I can find the data I’m looking for? Thanks in advance!

I received an e-mail today from CalTrans because I participated in a survey for their Big Sur management plan.

Seeing as there was some...erm...interest in a recent post on this sub about what is being done about the fustercluck around Bixby, I'm passing on their announcement that they are keeping the survey open through the 4^th of July holiday weekend. Those interested in sharing their views on tourist traffic in Big Sur can fill out the survey here: https://engage.dot.ca.gov/f70063#tab-75884

My input to County Commissioners, CalTrans et al has always been that enforcement needs to increase, and therefore funding for enforcement needs to increase; tax the tourists for more Sheriff funding because they'll pay for experiences no matter what, and tickets are revenue as well.

Share your constructive input and solutions here: https://engage.dot.ca.gov/f70063#tab-75884 .

[edit: formatt^ing]