Limekiln State Park
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Limekiln State Park is a state park in California.
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The park is located 2 miles north of Lucia on California Highway 1 in the Big Sur area. It has a secluded campground with two distinct environments. There is beach camping along a sandy cove. Above is camping in the redwood forest. A hike leads up to a waterfall.
The park's name comes from the actual kilns that were used to produce lime in the 19th century. There is a nice hike up through the redwoods to the lime kilns. Limestone was quarried above in the hills and brought down by pack mule. After the lime was baked, barrels of it were slid down a wire to the beach area and taken by boat to ships anchored off the inlet.
For a long time the campground was family owned. It was then sold and operated by the Esalen Institute for a couple of years. Now the state of California runs it.