Glass Beach

The Fort Bragg, California beach is the result of early 20th century residents dumping their garbage over the cliffs for an extended period of time. The refuse included appliances and even automobiles. Glass Beach is a beach in MacKerricher State Park near Fort Bragg, California, that is abundant in sea glass created from years of dumping garbage into an area of coastline near the northern part of the town. 

 

Beach gets its name from the smooth colorful glass pieces that you can find in the pebbly beach. The site was once a trash dump so broken bottles from garbage cans of local residents are now little treasures to be found and photographed

It is illegal to remove any glass from Glass Beach. This is a great place to take kids who can explore around but watch them near the water which can be dangerous.

 

There is a wide path to the beach from the parking area on Glass Beach Road a couple blocks west of Highway 1 down West Elm Street.  Trails also go south from the Glass Beach entry path to other glassy beaches that are outside of the state park boundary.

 Sources : Californiabeaches.com& Google Images