Canyon Falls (Big Sur, California, USA)

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Canyon Falls

Canyon Falls is overshadowed by the gorgeous McWay Falls as they share the Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. This tiny but interesting waterfall offers you the chance to experience some of the La Ventana Wilderness in the mountains watching over the Big Sur Coast.

To get to the falls, as you leave the car park, hike towards the forest instead of the ocean. Continue for about a little under half mile until you see the falls. The path is shady, lush, well-forested, and most of all quiet. It's quite a different experience you get visiting this obscure waterfall as opposed to its well-photographed neighbor.

Directions: This waterfall shares the same car park as that of McWay Falls.

Canyon Falls closure Update 3/21/2010: Julie and I tried to re-visit this waterfall on a recent trip to the Big Sur area. Unfortunately, most of the trails in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park were badly damaged from last years fires, and that included this trail. So this redo will have to wait until the next time we come back to Big Sur.

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For more information about our experiences with this waterfall, check out the following travel stories.

March 18, 2010

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The Canyon Trail was closed last summer when we visited, but there were still some small waterfalls upstream from McWay Falls that I could get to.

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