Coastal Trail: Crescent Beach
in California
Location: Redwood National Park Trailhead: Crescent Beach picnic area on Enderts Beach Road off Hwy 101. Mileage: 3.5 Dogs: No Bicycles: No Horses: No This is a flat, meandering, kid-friendly trail that leads to a pleasant stretch of beach, perfect for beachcombing or an extended walk. Colossal Sitka spruce highlight the walk, and Roosevelt elk regularly graze in the open prairie areas adjacent to the beach.
Please remember that elk are wild and can get defensive if threatened.
- States
- California
- Trail type
- National and State Parks trail
- Centroid nearest city
- Eugene, OR · 169 mi · ~5 hr drive
- Centroid coords
- 41.7272°, -124.1502°
About Redwood National and State Parks
This trail is inside Redwood National and State Parks, a national and state parks managed by the U.S. National Park Service. Conditions, road status, trail closures, and reservation requirements are published on the park's NPS page — check it before driving in, especially in winter or during major weather events.
Official NPS trail page: https://www.nps.gov/places/coastal-trail-crescent-beach.htm
Park homepage: https://www.nps.gov/redw/index.htm
Plan your hike
Maps + permits: long-distance trails like this often require permits for through-hiking, backcountry camping, or specific sections (especially in National Parks). Check with the maintaining organisation listed above and the relevant land manager before booking travel.
Water + supplies: water sources vary seasonally on most U.S. trails. Carry a filter and consult current trail-condition reports — through-hiker journals (PCT-L, AT Reddit, etc.) and the maintaining organisation publish regular updates.
When to go: hiking seasons vary widely with elevation, latitude, and snowpack. Through-hikers traditionally start the AT in March-April (Springer northbound) and the PCT in late April (Campo northbound). High-elevation western trails (CDT, JMT, Wonderland) generally aren't passable until July.
If you've hiked Coastal Trail: Crescent Beach and have current notes (water sources, trail closures, permit changes), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn.
Other trails within 50 miles
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2 miles from this trail's centroid
Lieffer Loop Trail
6 miles from this trail's centroid
Coastal Trail: DeMartin
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Coastal Trail: Klamath
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Yurok Loop Trail
10 miles from this trail's centroid
Fern Canyon Loop Trail
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Sources
Trail data on this page is compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), the maintaining organisation's public-facing materials, and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA where excerpts are quoted). Distance, terminus, and descriptive text for nationally-designated trails are hand-curated from federal land-manager websites and trail-association sources. We do not modify the underlying data; this page presents what is already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page.