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May 24, 2012
- California, Camping, Outdoors, Places and Travel: USA, Travel On a Budget
Support California's State Parks: Limekiln State Park, Big Sur
Our precious state parks and campgrounds might be in danger. Budget cuts combined with low visitor turnout are forcing parks like Limekiln State Park off Highway 1 along the Big Sur coastline to close early for the summer. We were lucky enough to be able to visit for our wedding anniversary back in March, but sadly, the park will close indefinitely on July 1, 2012. The campsites will be available for walk-up visitors until then, so allow me to entice you...
The park is quite small with a little over thirty campsites to choose from. It's all very tucked away along Limekiln Creek with eleven ocean-view spots to set up camp. We chose spot #1, and sitting at our picnic table perched above the private beach below, we hardly noticed the handful of campers at the sites below us. The only draw back to our secluded location? The short hike down to the toilets and hot (pay) showers (worth every quarter -- by the way, bring quarters).
Campsite #1 |