Address
47200 CA-1
Big Sur, CA 93920
Phone Number
(831) 667-2422Property Type
Campground
Rooms
82
Year Opened
1945
ET Score
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
Fernwood has anchored the heart of Big Sur's community since 1932, a campground, motel, tavern, and general store all in one, strung along the Big Sur River beneath towering redwoods. The 12 motel rooms are simple and woodsy, and the campground draws everything from families to through-hikers. The Fernwood Tavern Bar & Grill is a genuine local institution where generations of Big Sur residents have gathered, and the whole property operates with the kind of unpretentious community-service ethos that made Big Sur a counterculture landmark. It's not luxurious, it's something rarer: a place that belongs entirely to where it is.OWNER STORY
Fernwood has been on this stretch of the Big Sur River since 1932, first as one of the earliest roadside stops along the newly paved Highway 1, then as something harder to define: a campground, motel, tavern, and general store beneath towering redwoods, back fence against Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park. The ownership has passed through local hands without the institutional acquisition that has reshaped much of Big Sur's lodging landscape. The tavern is where canyon residents actually go when the week is done. The live music on Saturday nights under the redwoods is not a programmed amenity. It's what happens when a place belongs to its community.
