The California Coastal Trail, (CCT) is an environmental project by the California Coastal Conservancy. The trail is designed to connect the entire coast of California by connecting extensive hiking trails. Once complete, the trail will be 1,200 miles (1,900 km) long running from Mexico to Oregon. As of January 2017, the trail is about 30 percent complete with signage or 60 percent with mixed or no signage.
If you have been to any of the beaches of California, you have probably visited at least a portion of the CCT. While some areas require walking though remote sections such as the Lost Coast Trail, others are much more populated with tourists and bikes such as the Santa Cruz Boardwalk and the Venice Beach Boardwalk. The goal is to one day connect each section into one continuous long trail.
While the CCT is owned by over a 100 different jurisdictions, it has been a huge challenge connecting the whole trail due to environmental protection and private land along the shorelines. Many agencies and individuals are still working together to ensure the trail must not threaten natural habitat. The coast is home to endangered species such as the California least tern and many fragile tide pool and beaches are visited by elephant seals who bear and raise their pups.
The Trail provides for many types of uses depending on location which includes hiking, backpacking, walking, cycling, equestrian.
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