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Lost Coast Trail - Needle Rock to Bear Harbor, CA
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| Hiking | 6.50 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 6.50 Miles | 5 Hrs 27 Mns | | 1.19 mph |
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| no partners | | This triplog is for a day hike on a section of the Lost Coast Trail in the Sinkyone Wilderness State Park from the Needle Rock Visitors Center to Bear Harbor. This was my second hike in the area having hiked north from this same location to Jones Beach the day before. Background info on park accommodations and history are in that triplog. [ triplog ] I couldn't get over the incredible beauty of this area, especially at this time of year with the meadows a lush green and many flowers in bloom. The trail follows a now closed section of the Briceland Thorn Road making for easy hiking with a moderate amount of up and down. Bear Harbor was once a thriving small seaside community with a landing for loading ships with logs and tanbark. It has been returned to an almost natural state with few traces of the commerce once conducted here. I've included two photos of what it looked like then versus now.
There are about four e-Campsites at Bear Harbor for backpackers to use. These each have a picnic table and a fire ring. A clean outhouse is nearby. I encountered no other hikers in my two weekday visit to this area. However the park hosts told me that it can get quite crowded on major holiday weekends like Memorial Day. So if possible it is best to visit on weekdays. Also dogs are not allowed, leash or no leash, in this area due to concerns about their possible interaction with the elk.
After enjoying the hike to Bear Harbor at a leisurely pace and taking a short nap after lunch on a grassy hill overlooking the harbor, I sauntered on back to the visitors center where I spent an hour looking through several albums they have on the history of this area. On the way back to my "camp" in the old barn I encountered George. He and his wife, Charlotte, are park hosts during May. This 78 year old guy had been busy all day tending campsites and cleaning outhouses at the e-Camps. Way to go, George, and Thank You. |
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