Distance: 2 .1 mile. Loopish Elevation: Flat. Wheelchair: Yes Popular: but not crowded NO Dogs. Bathrooms at the trail head. The Eureka area has such wonderful hiking opportunities. Kay and Nancy, my pole cat friends, took me out to Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge. This place is an ornithologist's heaven. There are lots of benches to sit and watch birds and all sorts of other stuff go by. Trail Notes: There are clean bathrooms at the trail head. This bird has found a good nesting site over the ladies loo. Limited parking with little room for big vehicles. You really, really should not even think of taking your dog out here. Their smell frightens animals away. There is not a lot of tree cover on much of the trail, but it stays quite cool most of the time here on the bay. But wear a hat and/or sunscreen. You may get much more sun that you are aware. When the birds migrate north for summer, or south for the winter, this ...
Adventures of an odd traveler, suggestions for slow walkers and those with limited mobility. And stuff about origami.