Coastwalk California | Advocating for Coastal Protection

Ensuring public access to the California coast

Public access to the coastline is guaranteed by California law. Coastwalk monitors access issues and helps ensure that the public can respectfully enjoy all that it has to offer.

Advocating for Coastal Protection

Coastwalk educates the public and decision makers about our fragile coastline and coastal resources. It strives to preserve, protect and restore our beautiful coast and ocean.

Working With Partners

Coastwalk works with the State Coastal Conservancy and others to complete the California Coastal Trail. Here, Sam Schuchat, Executive Officer of the Coastal Conservancy, points to a new pedestrian bridge made possible by funding from the Conservancy. Thank you Conservancy!

Completing the California Coastal Trail

Coastwalk California works with its partners, the Coastal Conservancy, the Coastal Commission, State Parks and others, to complete the California Coastal Trail. The Trail is more than sixty percent complete and will run unbroken from Oregon to Mexico.

Encouraging all people to get out and enjoy our coast

Coastwalk provides resources for trail users including maps, podcasts and information that will enhance the user’s experience. The Trail is used by millions in various ways at different locations. It provides healthy and free outdoor recreation for all.

Top News: 2011 – The Year In Review

It has been a busy year here at Coastwalk. Our 28th Walks season was a great success. We launched a new website, made huge progress on our Coastal Trail signage program, and hosted a reception in Sacramento to educate the legislature about the California Coastal Trail (CCT). We hosted a panel on Youth and Diversity [...]

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In Memoriam

On October 18, 2011 we lost a great friend of the coast and trails. Sara Kocher, Phd, volunteered many hours of her broad expertise in land use planning, landscape architecture and environmental psychology in developing the California Coastal Trail especially along the San Luis Obispo and Big Sur coasts. Early on [...]

League of Cities Hears of Coastal Trail

Coastwalk California Executive Director, Una Glass, spoke to The California League of Cities Coastal Issues Group, at their recent annual conference in San Francisco. Ms Glass addressed the group on the topic of connecting to the statewide California Coastal Trail (CCT)in their communities and the benefits of doing so.

When: March 31, 2012
Where: Sonoma County, Bodega Head
Rating: Easy
Miles: Two or three

Whale watching at Bodega Head – Join us for an enjoyable day sighting whales from the California Coastal Trail. Meet at 9 AM, at Denney’s Restaurant, Steel Lane in Santa Rosa for leaderless carpooling to Bodega Head. 10 AM meet at Bodega Head, North side of Bodega Bay. Bring a bag lunch and drinking water, wear hiking boots or shoes with a good traction. Participants will walk North on the California Coastal Trail, less than a mile, to get a good view of the Pacific Ocean and migrating Gray Whales. We’ll return to our cars around 1 PM. If the weather prevents us from seeing the ocean, rain , wind or fog will cancel the trip.

To register send email to events@coastwalk.org

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Maps and more of the California Coastal Trail, a network of public trails for walkers, bikers, equestrians, wheelchair riders and others along the 1200-mile California coastline.

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Public access to the coastline is guaranteed by California law. Coastwalk monitors...

Coastwalk educates the public and decision makers about our fragile coastline and coastal...

Coastwalk works with the State Coastal Conservancy and others to complete the...

Coastwalk California works with its partners, the Coastal Conservancy, the Coastal...

Coastwalk provides resources for trail users including maps, podcasts and information...