Coast & Sea · California

Glass Beach

A beach of sea-tumbled glass jewels

TypeCoast & Sea
StateCalifornia
Best seasonYear-round (low tide for the glass)
How to visitFree (MacKerricher State Park); collecting prohibited

A Mendocino-coast cove where decades of dumped glass have been tumbled by the surf into smooth, jewel-bright pebbles that glitter at low tide. A strange, beautiful accident of history — look, photograph, but leave the glass.

The shot

Sun catching the sea glass at low tide.

Nearby & worth pairing

  • Fort Bragg
  • Mendocino
  • Skunk Train
  • Pacific Coast Highway

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