Agate Beach & Humboldt Lagoons State Park Viewpoint via California Coastal Trail
13.6 mi · ▲ 668 ft · 4 hr 52 min
Agate Beach & Humboldt Lagoons State Park Viewpoint via California Coastal Trail is a 13.6-mile out-and-back in Humboldt Lagoons State Park near Big Lagoon, CA. The route passes Agate Beach before reaching Humboldt Lagoons State Park Viewpoint at the turnaround, 6.8 miles in. It climbs 668 ft and is mostly sand. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Agate Beach & Humboldt Lagoons State Park Viewpoint via California Coastal Trail
13.6 mi · ▲ 668 ft · 4 hr 52 min
Elevation -7–275 ft
Out & Back · Humboldt Lagoons State Park
Trailhead: formerly Oceanview Drive · 41.15806, -124.13515
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 63°F / low 51° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 8:32 PM
No dogs on part of this route
- Start on formerly Oceanview Drive, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Agate Beach.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto California Coastal Trail, heading N.
- 6.5 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Humboldt Lagoons State Park Viewpoint.
- 100 ftReach Agate Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 6.7 miContinue straight onto formerly Oceanview Drive, heading SE.
- 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 8:12 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:32 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 9:03 PM.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
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