Crescent Beach & California Coastal Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Redwood National and State Parks near Crescent City, CA. The route reaches Crescent Beach. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly sand. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi3 – 16 ft4.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.74659, -124.17874
Nearest town Crescent City, CA
Directions
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Crescent Beach & California Coastal Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 5–17 ft
Out & Back · Redwood National and State Parks
Trailhead: 41.74659, -124.17874
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:19 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Crescent Beach.
- 150 ftBear left onto California Coastal Trail, heading E.
- 2 miReach Crescent Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
98% sand2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:19 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~16 min). Leave by 6:43 PM for the 7:19 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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