Pinnacles National Park

About

Entrance / day-use fee applies.

This park's official page lists: Store / concessions.

This park's official page lists: Visitor center.

At the park

• Visitor center exhibit
• Camping activity
• Caves & caverns scenic feature
• Wildflowers scenic feature

Events

• Ranger's Choice 01:00 PM–01:30 PM · Join us at the Bear Gulch Nature Center on the east side of the park.
• Prewett Point Guided Hike 10:30 AM–12:00 PM · Join us at the West Visitor Contact Station near the Prewett Point Trailhead on the west side of the park.

Before you go

Limits

Yes, service dogs are legally permitted anywhere in a park that visitors can go

Getting there

Pinnacles National Park is accessible through highway 101 for the West entrance, and highway 25 for the East entrance. From highway 101 you must pass through the City of Soledad to find highway 146 which will lead to West side of Pinnacles. To enter East Pinnacles you must find highway 25 through the City of Hollister coming from the North, and King City through Bitter Water Road (G-13) when coming from the South. NOTE: There is no through road between the east and west entrance.

Weather & when to go

Pinnacles National Park has a Mediterranean climate with hot, dry summers, and mild winters with moderate precipitation. The park is several miles inland from the Pacific Ocean. A wider variation in seasonal temperatures can be expected in the local area. Summers are hot with temperatures above 100 degrees. Winters are cooler with highs in the 60s. Big swings in temperature occur between day and night, year round.

Facilities on the park map

3 restroom, 1 water fountain.

History

Opened

2013

• Park opened