Trail Guide
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MLT’s trail guide includes a dozen trails built and maintained by MLT as well as trails managed by State Parks and other organizations.
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Manchester State Beach
Manchester State Park offers 1,500 acres of coastal beauty, with camping, miles of sandy beaches, and winding trails through sand dunes,…
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Newport Trail
This 1.2-mile long segment of the California Coastal Trail is managed by the Mendocino Land Trust. The trail runs parallel…
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Old Smith Ranch Trail
The Old Smith Ranch Trail opened in the summer of 2020. The Mendocino Land Trust, Conservation Fund, State Coastal Conservancy, Nature Conservancy,…
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Moat Creek Trail to Bowling Ball Beach
The scenic Moat Creek Trail begins at a gravel parking lot on Highway One, west of mile marker 12.89. From the…
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Hearn Gulch Trail
The Hearn Gulch Trail, located in the southern Mendocino Coast’s "banana belt," offers lovely spring wildflowers and spectacular views to…
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Bonham Trail to Cooks Beach
Cooks Beach is one of the few public sandy beaches on the southern Mendocino Coast. There aren’t a lot of…
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Gualala Bluff Trail
The Gualala Bluff Trail is a beautiful trail created and maintained by volunteers and the Redwood Coast Land Conservancy (RCLC). It…
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Greenwood State Beach
Greenwood State Beach offers a wide trail to a driftwood-strewn beach with great views of sea caves. There is a large…
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Navarro Point Trail
This 56-acre Preserve, with its stunning wildflowers and dramatic bluffs, is owned and managed by the Mendocino Land Trust (MLT). Navarro…
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Navarro Blufflands Trail
The Navarro Blufflands Trail is located just north of Mendocino Land Trust’s Navarro Point Preserve and travels 0.5 miles west…
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Dark Gulch Trail
Just west of Highway One near mile marker 45.24 and south of the famous Heritage House Resort is a coastal access trail…
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Big River Trail
In 2002, Mendocino Land Trust completed the purchase and transfer of 7,334 acres near Big River to California State Parks. This…
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Mendocino Bay Viewpoint
This short trail is really more of a viewpoint, offering panoramic views of the village of Mendocino from the bluffs…
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Noyo Headlands Trail
This is one of the newest segments of the California Coastal Trail in Mendocino County, located on the headlands west…
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Pelican Bluffs Trail
This stunning preserve is owned and operated by the Mendocino Land Trust. It is located south of Point Arena offers…
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Little River Blowhole
This trail is about 0.5 miles long and leads hikers to the awesome Little River Blowhole and beyond to the…
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Peter Douglas Trail
This 2.3-mile trail includes expansive views of Mendocino’s remote and wild “Lost Coast,” deep redwood and Douglas fir forests, and…
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Point Arena Stornetta Unit
This is the first mainland-based unit of the California Coastal National Monument (CCNM). Before this, the CCNM consisted of only the offshore…
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Mendocino Headlands
The Mendocino Headlands State Park is a 347-acre park that surrounds the village of Mendocino. With spectacular trails and nearby amenities, it's…
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Caspar Uplands Trail
The northern trailhead for the Caspar Uplands trail is at Caspar Headlands State Beach, a much-loved pocket beach offering surfing, snorkeling,…
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Jug Handle Trail
The Jug Handle Ecological Staircase Trail, located within the Jug Handle State Natural Preserve, is a 2.5-mile trail that explores the intriguing…
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Point Cabrillo Lighthouse Trail
The Point Cabrillo Light Station State Historic Park is well worth visiting. It is operated by the Point Cabrillo Lightkeepers Association in…
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Russian Gulch State Park
Russian Gulch State Park is beloved by both locals and visitors. This park offers the best of the Mendocino Coast -…
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Seaside Beach
Beautiful, sandy, and very popular Seaside Beach is located ten miles north of Fort Bragg on the Mendocino Coast. It’s…
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Bruhel Point
Bruhel Point offers a beautiful “Vista Point” west of Highway One at milepost 74.09 that includes benches, interpretive panels, accessible…
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Belinda Point Trail
This 0.7-mile long trail leads to Belinda Point and includes a stairway down to a rocky pocket beach. The trail…
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Hare Creek Trail
Hare Creek Beach is a sweet pocket beach owned by Mendocino Land Trust and located just south of the City of…
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Spring Ranch Trail
Spring Ranch is at the northern end of Van Damme State Park. This is a lovely spot, offering spectacular views of…
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MacKerricher Coastal Trail
MacKerricher State Park spans nine miles of coastline between Fort Bragg and the Ten Mile River. Visitors can enjoy hiking, birding,…
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Van Damme State Park
This 1,831-acre park offers a variety of attractions for hikers, divers, and campers. The free day-use beach offers a stunning…
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Westport Headlands Trail
The Westport Headlands is a community gathering spot with a rich history of past uses. In the past, this spot…
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Lost Coast Trail
Hikers come from all over the world to experience Mendocino’s “Lost Coast,” so-named because the coastline is so rugged that…
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