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Jug Handle State Reserve

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Jug Handle State Reserve

Location: 1 mile north of Caspar on Highway 1.
Facilities: Picnic areas, hiking and nature trails.
Activities: Hiking, picnicking, scuba diving.
Special Features: Reserve's "ecological staircase" offers a firsthand look at 500,000 years of California's geological history. A 2.5-mile self-guiding nature trail leads through five wave-cut terraces formed by glacier, sea, and tectonic activity that built the coast range. Each of the terraces was uplifted from sea level about 100,000 years before the one below it. The lowest terrace still battles ocean waves, the third terrace has a unique pygmy forest, and terraces above display more advanced vegetation.
Address: c/o Mendocino District Office
PO Box 440
Mendocino, CA 95460
Phone: 707-937-5804;
Web: www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=441
Size: 776 acres.

See other parks in California.


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Two Pygmies, One Giant There are two pygmy forest walks within 15 minutes of downtown Fort Bragg: Jug Handle State Reserve & Ecological Staircase (5 minutes) and Hans Jenny Pygmy Forest at Van Damme State Park (15 minutes).
Photo: Walkers measure up to pygmy forest in Van Damme State Park; stunted trees result from highly acid soil, shallow root penetration, and lack of nutrients Photo: Young nature-lover delights in the delicate dancing of a columbine along Van Damme's Fern Canyon trail Photo: Breezy bluff over the Pacific is home to a half dozen wildflowers this month at Jug Handle State Reserve
 
 
 
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