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: Remembering Peter Douglas – Coastal Hero & Great Guy

Former Coastal Commission Executive Director Peter Douglas passed away April 1st. Peter’s leadership in protecting the coast of California cannot be underestimated and we at Coastwalk will miss him terribly. Peter was not only a Coastal hero, he was inquisitive, self reflective, a lover of nature and wickedly funny. He was a great guy to spend time [...]

Latest News

2012 Summer Overnight Walks are Filling up Fast!

Register today to reserve a spot on another exciting season of Coastwalks – hiking and camping adventures designed to let you experience the California coast in all its splendor and beauty. This season we are offering several “no-pack backpacks,” an “art weekend”, a lighthouse residence stay in Mendocino County, an exclusive backpacking trek along the [...]

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 [...]

JENNER HEADLANDS HIKES: May 5, July 22, September 15, November 4

Join us for our spring Headlands hike!
When: Saturday, May 5, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: Jenner Headlands Property, north of Jenner, Sonoma County

Join Coastwalk California for a great opportunity to explore the Jenner Headlands – an incredible landscape not open to the general public. This strenuous 4.5-mile roundtrip day hike will ascend more than 800 feet in elevation, and include dazzling views of the Sonoma Coast (on clear days!)

Click here to learn more and register…

Explore the Trail

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.

Podcasts

Learn more about the California Coast through stories and a recent interview with the late Peter Douglas.

Multi Media Bar

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...