Best Camping Beaches in Lucia

Located in the southern part of Monterey County in Big Sur, Kirk Creek Beach - also known as Kirk Creek Campground Beach - is a campground that has a small rocky beach with very little beige sand.  The beach is present below the campground, which is positioned over a 100-foot-tall ocean bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean and offers Instagram-worthy views of the Santa Lucia Mountains and Big Sur coastline.  Kirk Creek Beach is managed by Los Padres National Forest and Kirk Creek empties into the ocean towards the northern end of the beach. 

Located in the southern part of the Big Sur region, Kirk Creek Campground is a campground managed by the Los Padres National Forest. There is a rock-and-sand beach present below a blufftop camping area of the Kirk Creek Campground. The beach also has sparse amounts of vegetation and the water near the beach has strong waves. The Kirk Creek also meets the ocean near this beach. Kirk Creek Campground Beach does not have any lifeguards, but the camping area near the beach has restrooms and picnic tables. The beach also allows dogs on leash.