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Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: Ewoldsen Loop

The Ewoldsen Loop in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park is likely the most diverse and rewarding dayhike a visitor to Big Sur can make. Along its approximately 4-mile length it offers sweeping coastal views, passes through beautiful oak forests, wanders along cheerfully cascading McWay Creek beneath towering redwoods, and at one point passes within a few yards of the second-largest redwood tree in Monterey County. With about 1,200' of total elevation gain, this loop should be considered moderately strenuous, but a more quintessential Big Sur day-hiking experience is hard to find.

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