Jug Handle Ecological Staircase Trail

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

3.4 mi one way · 482 ft gain · 1h 22m · Point to point.

Climbs through five wave-cut marine terraces, moving from coastal prairie and forest near the coast up to a pygmy forest of stunted, centuries-old six-foot pines stunted by leached soil.

Trailhead: 39.3729, -123.7901.

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