Jugs Sunset Point–Jug Handle Beach, 3 beaches is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Jug Handle State Natural Reserve near Caspar, CA. The route passes Jug Handle Beach before reaching Jugs Sunset Point at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 297 ft. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi10 – 282 ft4.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.37624, -123.81721
Nearest town Caspar, CA
Directions
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Jugs Sunset Point–Jug Handle Beach, 3 beaches
3.8 mi · ▲ 297 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Elevation 9–283 ft
Out & Back · Jug Handle State Natural Reserve
Trailhead: 39.37624, -123.81721
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Jug Handle Beach.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Ecological Staircase Trail, heading NE.
- 1.5 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach Jugs Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 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
25% dirt2% boardwalk73% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:43 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:22 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:43 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:11 PM.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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