Tours!
Guided & Self-Guided Tours
Free Guided Tours
Current Tour Schedule listed below
For additional information please contact the Asilomar Park Office
Phone: (831) 646-6440
Email: Richard.Fletcher@parks.ca.gov
PLEASE NOTE: Tours are subject to staff availability. Visit the State Park desk in the Phoebe Apperson Hearst Social Hall to sign up for these tour offerings.
Self-Guided Tours
A host of self-guided learning opportunities are available at Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds. All of these opportunities are available when you want to enjoy them - and at your own pace. Hard copies of our self-guided tour brochures can be found at the State Park desk in Hearst Social Hall.
Mobile Phone Tour - These Signs Point the Way to Discover

Self-Guided Walk Brochures: Available to Download
- Julia Morgan Architecture - allow about 45 minutes and plan to walk 1/4 mile for this self-guided tour that highlights the historic buildings by famed architect Julia Morgan.
- Coast Trail - Allow ample time to enjoy the beautiful Asilomar Coast Trail tour that meanders along the stunning Rocky Shores habitat. You can enter the trail at several accesspoints along Sunset Drive; ADA access is also available - refer to brochure map. The trail is approximately one-mile in length, one way, so plan on walking 2 miles beginning to end.
- Dunes Preserve - A quarter-mile boardwalk loop begins just north of the Grace Dodge Chapel and winds through the Asilomar Dunes Preserve - 25 acres of restored and preserved dunes habitat. This walk provides panoramic vistas of the Asilomar Coast, Asilomar State Beach and the Pebble Beach-Spanish Bay area. Benches situated along the boardwalk allow for leisurely sunset gazing and whale watching throughout the year.
*Click the highligted links above to view brochures.
Informational Displays
Informational displays can be found in Asilomar's historic buildings: Crocker Dining Hall (in hallway left of food service area), Grace Dodge Chapel Auditorium, Visitor's Lodge, Scripps Lodge, Stuck-up Inn, and Pirates' Den. The information displays tell the history of these Julian Morgan-designed buildings.