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Keywords: Beachfront; Coastal

Site Condition: Sand Dollar Day-Use Picnic Area is along the southern Big Sur coast about half-way between Cambria and Big Sur Station. The picnic area and Sand Dollar Beach are popular in the summer months. Surfers ride the waves here as this is one of the few worthy surf spots in all of Big Sur. Plaskett Creek Campground is nearby across Highway 1 so the beach gets day-use visitors and campers as well. Luckily it’s a long and wide sandy beach with lots of elbow room. Despite the name, the beach is not littered with sand dollars. It’s still worth walking the beach to look for them and other beachcombing items left behind by the highest tides. Beautiful jade stones and other rounded sea rocks can also be found along the back of the beach. Nearby Jade Cove has more of these lovely green rocks, but the large and most valuable ones have been hauled out already. From the parking lot there is a footpath that leads to a long wooden stairway. At the bottom is a wide sandy beach with large rocks in the surf at the south end.

General Notes: updated 1.12.24 bd / Emailed for updates 6/19/24 J.Jackson

Usage Restriction: Directions: Take highway 1, 30 miles north of San Simeon or 60 miles south of Carmel. Can not set up on bluff due to to Native American site status. Beach access via steps.

Jurisdictions: Los Padres National Forest - USFS, MONTEREY COUNTY FILM COMMISSION - FLICS

Within 30-Mile Studio Zone: N

State Property: N

Closed/Vacant: N