Beachcombers can frolic on the sand at Big Sur's Sand Dollar Beach, and search for bits of jade. (Karen D'Souza/Bay Area News Group) The overlook trail near Big Sur's McWay Falls -- just off the ...

The beach’s purple sand, however, makes it unusual. -- Jason La Read more: Sea glass supplants sand at Glass Beach in Fort Bragg, Calif.

The closest international airport to Pfeiffer Beach is San Francisco International Airport (SFO), which is about 125 miles north of Big Sur.

Pfeiffer Beach in California is famously a unique pink color, but America has so many other beaches that come in all colors of the rainbow!

Vast stretches of purple sand are occasionally visible on this beautiful beach when the conditions are just right.

The closest international airport to Pfeiffer Beach is San Francisco International Airport (SFO), which is about 125 miles north of Big Sur.

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Sand Dollar Beach is ranked #7 out of 10 things to do in Big Sur. See pictures and our review of Sand Dollar Beach.

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Though most people dream about a white sand beach, that's not the only color beaches come in. Across the world are beaches filled with bright purple, pink, red, green, black, orange, and white ...

Getty In the Big Sur region of the Californian coast, Pfeiffer Beach is best known for the photogenic rock arch that poses in the ocean, just offshore. But it also does a nice line in purple sand.

Daphne, for one, wasted no time delving into the beach’s famous lavender knolls and making a purple sand castle.