Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Trip Description
From the turnout on
Highway 1,
stroll 50 feet down a single-lane dirt road to the
signed
Prewitt Loop Trailhead.
According to the sign, the first backcountry camp,
Stag Camp, is 4 miles from the junction (actual mileage 4.1 miles) and the entire loop
trail is 12 miles (actual mileage 12.8 miles).
From the junction, turn right onto the
Prewitt Loop Trail
and head southeast
past ocean views through fragrant thickets of sagebrush, coyote brush, coffeeberry,
and poison oak. In 0.1 mile you'll switchback north and climb past two small seeps
amid chain ferns, horsetails, and a stand of willows. At the next switchback, the trail
climbs southeast past two dry
gullies
(0.4 mile, 440').
Continue on a moderate grade past a dilapidated wooden gate marking the barb-
wire fence line of private property. Pause for views along the open coastal slope where
Prewitt Creek
meets the
Pacific
just north of
Sand Dollar Beach
. A few minutes
