Enderts Beach
Crescent City, CA
Inside Redwood National Park, a mile long trail through coastal bluff and old growth forest brings you out to a rocky beach with excellent tide pools. Locals treat the hike as part of the beach day, not an obstacle to it.
Excellent tide pools inside Redwood National Park, locals treat the mile long forest trail in as part of the day rather than an obstacle.
How we score beachesCheck a tide table before heading out to the tide pools at the far end of the beach.
Dogs are welcome on a leash no longer than six feet on the beach itself, though they are not permitted on the Coastal Trail leading to it.
California's north coast keeps a marine layer through much of summer, so the mile long trail in often starts foggy before clearing by midday. Water stays cold, in the 50s, year round, making the tide pools the real draw over any actual swimming.
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