Difficulty: Easy/Moderate (2.6 miles round-trip) Devil’s Slide Coastal Trail used to be part of the Pacific Coast Highway, but was only recently opened to hikers, bikers, leashed dogs, and others in 2014. Coastal Trail Guide. Waterproof and tear-resistant, they include information on water sources, resupply … Use our Coastal Trail Guide app to plan your next trip to the California coast! The City of Fort Bragg's newly constructed Coastal Trail was opened to the public on Saturday, January 31, 2015. Information on purchasing licenses, permits, tags and other entitlements, can be found on CDFW’s Online License Site. Please use the provided interactive map or select a link below to explore the trails within this app. CCT Improvement attibutes from State Coastal Conservancy, "Completing the California Coastal Trail", 2003. Maps of the California coast and Coastal Trail. We are committed to making our GIS data available to the public though our national trail-finder website, TrailLink.com. This Coastal Trail Guide was funded by the CA State Coastal Conservancy through the Explore the Coast grant. Coastal Trail Now Open. The California Coastal Trail is a network of existing and proposed trails along the Pacific Coast from Mexico to Oregon. The trailhead and parking lot are located at the west end of Elm Street adjacent to Glass Beach. The dataset study area includes the Pacific Ocean coastline from Tomales Bay in California to the mouth of the Rogue River in Oregon on the west, the Oregon-California state line to near Goose Lake on the north, and the western edge of California’s Central Valley to near the community of Petaluma on the east and south. *Barriers include: Private property, traffic hazard. In San Luis Obispo County, the trail extends north through the Guadalupe-Nipomo dunes, the Oceano Dunes, Grover Beach, Pismo Beach, Avila Beach, Montana de Oro State Park, the community of Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria, San Simeon and north into Monterey County. Source: Coastal Conservancy GIS, 2011. Devil’s Slide Trail. GIS staff members have been called to work the Santiago Fire Incident in 2007, the Freeway Complex Fire in 2008, heavy rain/flooding in January 2009, and the Huntington Beach Channel Oil Incident in 2010. CALIFORNIA COASTAL TRAIL: DEL NORTE - EUREKA o Miles 0 5 10 Miles 0 100 200 They are made in partnership with PCTA. The route stretches along a rocky seaside cliff between Pacifica and Montara for just over a mile each way. Mapping our 1,200-mile coast is a big project that will continue with revisions over the coming years. Within Los Angeles County the trail follows the arc around Santa Monica Bay, passing through heavily populated, sandy beaches as well as more secluded, protected marine habitats, such as the Leo Carrillo and Will Rogers State Beaches. The coastline of the Lost Coast Trail is rugged and remote. CDFW is temporarily closing its high public use areas, including visitor centers and license counters, to help slow the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus).Before heading to a CDFW facility, contact the regional headquarters office to determine if that facility is open. So rugged, in-fact, that the state of California was unable to continue the well-known Highway 1 (otherwise known as “The One” to Californians) along this stretch of California coastline, and instead they had to continue Highway One inland. The 1200 mile California Coastal Trail extends the length of California (passing through 15 counties in the state). 1) About The Lost Coast Area. The National Geographic Maps series of 11 Pacific Crest Trail map booklets are convenient, detailed, up-to-date and designed for use on the trail. Coastwalk has begun making maps of the California coast, its public access points and those parts of the coastal trail that are open, and these are being posted here on an on-going basis.