Usage Notes
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Layers: Other layers are available. See the California Coastal Commission and Coastal Conservancy Completed Sections layer for the official completed trail segments. (About progress on the trail completion project.)
Point Details
Nearest Town: Sonoma Coast State Beach
Location: Between Bodega Bay and Jenner -- +/- 9 miles north of Bodega Bay
Nearest Milepost
Route: 1
Mile Number: 18.22
Coordinates
38.418728380487, -123.10206679433 
Trail Section
Sonoma Section 7
Notes
Shell Beach is on the Kortum Trail section of the California Coastal Trail and is the westerly terminus of the trail from Pomo Camp and Red Hill.
Features
- CCC Access Point
- End of Trail
- Facilities for Disabled
- Hiking Trail
- Improved Surface
- Natural Surface Trail
- Other
- Parking
- Path to Beach
- Restrooms
- Trail Junction
Entry Sign
Shell Beach
Kortum Trail trailhead for trail going northerly to Goat Rock.
Aerial Photo from California Coastal Records Project