If you love to hike, you'll love Fort Bragg as your home base. A few of our favorites:

Ten-Mile Beach, often deserted, is miles and miles of sand beach and sand dunes: ideal for running, reading, picnicking and, of course, just plain hiking. Views of the Lost Coast.

Point Cabrillo Light Station is a state historic park and nature preserve with several miles of trails.

Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens is 47-acres of woods, plants, and coastal views all connected by an easy paved trail.

The Forest History Trail in Jackson State Forest is a four-mile loop through second growth redwoods.

Jug Handle Nature Preserve is a five-mile roundtrip to the Hans Jenny Pygmy forest.