Limekiln State Park

The park is located in the geologically young (about 2½ million years) Santa Lucia Range, which runs from Monterey southeast to San Luis Obispo. Because its geography creates numerous microclimates, the park is one of the few places on earth where fog-loving redwoods thrive not far from drought-tolerant yucca. Young redwoods, oaks, sycamores, and maples flourish in the canyons; chaparral and scrub are found at higher elevations. - parks.ca.gov

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Limekiln State Park

Archaeological evidence suggests that the ancestors of today’s Salinan, Esselen, and Ohlone people inhabited the Big Sur coast for thousands of years, adapting their lifeways to the area’s climatic and environmental changes. Native groups traveled from the coast to the interior valleys, following the marine and terrestrial resources that sustained them. They gathered fish, shellfish, and various grasses and seeds or hunted small and large game and birds. They traded with other groups for items they could not produce themselves. - parks.ca.gov

Hike Date: 18 Aug 2018

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Limekiln State Park

Watch wildlife from the beach or along fernlined trails, and picnic among the redwoods. Deep within their forest sanctuary, along the west fork of Limekiln Creek, tower the four enormous kilns from which the creek takes its name. The summer climate at this sparsely populated segment of the central coast is typically mild. Morning fog in the summer usually burns off before midday. Temperatures vary from about 50 to 75 degrees. Other seasons can vary from one extreme to another on the same day. - parks.ca.gov

Hike Date: 18 Aug 2018

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Limekiln State Park

From the redwoods to the sea describes the unique topography of Limekiln State Park. This gem of a park, 52 miles south of Carmel, adjoins the Ventana Wilderness area of the Los Padres National Forest. On the legendary Big Sur coastline where the Santa Lucia Mountains meet the Pacific, the park’s more than 700 acres offer peaceful solitude, a breathtaking waterfall, and seascapes of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. - parks.ca.gov

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Hike Date: 18 Aug 2018

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