Jug Handle Beach and Ecological Staircase Trail

Trail in Jug Handle State Natural Reserve · Mendocino County, California (near Fort Bragg / Mendocino Coast)

2.5 mi · 412 ft gain · 1h 2m · Out & back.

Crosses five wave-cut marine terraces shaped by glacial, sea, and tectonic action, passing through coastal prairie and forest from Jug Handle Beach up to a pygmy forest of stunted, centuries-old pines.

Trailhead: 39.3756, -123.8197.

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