Summary: We hiked to Taylor Point from the Third Beach trailhead. The trail is in great shape down to Third Beach; it’s a mild grade through pretty forest until dropping a few switchbacks to the beach.
Third Beach doesn’t have many sea stacks up close, but it’s still a beautiful spot. Once down at the beach we hiked another half mile until reaching the overland route to Taylor Point. There are several ladders to climb here and each has rope. All the ladders were in good shape and we felt safe. Take it slow going down. I wouldn’t recommend this section if it’s wet. We got some peekaboo views of the coast from Taylor Point, but there’s no major viewpoint. We decided not to drop down to the next beach but it looked very scenic.
Make sure to save energy for the uphill from Third Beach back to the trailhead! Also worth noting that the parking lot at the trailhead was completely full by the time we arrived at 10:30am. There’s an overflow lot a half mile down the road that we parked at.
Stats:
- 7 miles round trip
- 1,030 ft gain
- 4hrs total elapsed time
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