Sonoma County Stretch of Coastal Trail Emerges
Within five years, hikers may be able to walk along the ocean from Sea Ranch to Bodega Bay as a 40-mile stretch of the California Coastal Trail emerges along the Sonoma County coast.
It also may be possible to walk along 20 miles of inland meadow and forest trails from the coast to Occidental before 2010. The trail is being expanded through a series of land acquisitions by the county Open Space District and funding pledges by the state Coastal Conservancy.
The idea of a continuous, 1,200-mile-long coastal trail was included in the state’s 1972 Coastal Conservation Act.
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