Glass beach california. Glass beach in fort bragg is probably the best location to find sea glass along californias coast. La jolla in san diego is the best sea glass beach ive found in southern california. If you go in the morning there can be a touch of fog beware.
It is the most crowded beach we went to. Glass beach is on the mendocino coast in fort bragg california 120 miles north of san francisco. You arent supposed to take any glass but a lot of people do.
Getting there is simple enough. Off highway 1 in fort bragg head west on elm street. Its a few blocks west of highway 1 off of west elm street.
The beach where the glass beads are mixed in with the seaweed and gravel are in different pockets throughout the coast. Its a busy place and parking can be pretty tough going but you will find lots of beach treasure. Glass beach is a beach adjacent to mackerricher state park near fort bragg california that is abundant in sea glass created from years of dumping garbage into an area of coastline near the northern part of the town.
You are looking for shell beach which is fairly small but on a good sea glass day it literally washes up at your feet. The glass comes from the fact that this area was a dumpsite for trash in the early to mid 1900s and over the years the ocean flattened and broke down the glass to what it is today. Californias 3 best sea glass beaches 1.
At the end of elm street turn left into the parking lot. It is still a very beautiful beach. Fort bragg glass beach the most highly reported and recognized glass beach in the world mendocino county northern california.
It is a little over three hours north of san francisco just a few blocks west of highway 1 off elm street. Glass beach is the well known southern beach of mackerricher state park in fort bragg. Glass beach is a popular attraction in fort bragg california where the beach is covered in small pieces of smoothed glass.
I have been to glass beach a few times in my life. The glass is obvious and well mixed in. Glass is found in the sandy deposits of the southern coves in and around mackerricher state parkin fort bragg.
The most famous is glass beach situated inside the park. Marysville california 14 contributions 3 helpful votes. Glass beach gets its name from the smooth colorful glass pieces that you can find in the pebbly beach.
I can tell you that there is less glass than i have seen in the past. Just take the wide walking path from the free parking area on glass beach drive.