Paul Bunyan Days

The Paul Bunyan Days Tradition Continues
Labor Day Weekend, August 30 to September 1, 2025
Paul Bunyan Days offer a fun, action-packed weekend:
- Belle of the Redwoods
- Kiddie Parade
- Logging Show
- Craft Faire
- Trike Races
- Fireman’s Water Fight
- And More
Family friendly and always lumberjack rowdy, head into Fort Bragg on Labor Day Weekend to celebrate your favorite logger and his giant blue ox.
Russian Gulch State Park

Camp among the redwoods, ferns and wildflowers
Camp among the redwoods, ferns and wildflowers in a park that includes a mile and a half long pristine beach. Hike to a waterfall through fern grottoes. Bike, fish, kayak – it’s all here. Fishing too (don’t forget your license.)
Larry Spring Museum of Common Sense Physics

Celebrate a Spirit of Amateur Inquiry
The Larry Spring Museum of Common Sense Physics is a DIY museum created by the late self-taught experimenter, artist, and outsider curator, Larry Spring.
Today, the Museum celebrates Larry Spring’s DIY Spirit of Amateur Inquiry as a means to open up his collection to new creative possibilities. The Museum achieves this by sharing his wondrous cabinet of curiosities, co-producing community programming, and hosting artist residencies.
North Coast Surf School

Surf’s Up
Get in the water with local surfer Caleb Rickett, of North Coast Surf School. Take a lesson, or if you already know what you are doing, rent a board and wetsuit from Caleb along with some advice on what breaks are good to surf during your visit. Caleb offers private and group lessons, and camps in the summer months.
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Megan & The Lost Coast

Megan &
The Lost Coast
Megan Caron is founder and proprietor of Lost Coast Found, a vintage and found object curiosity shop that offers an abundant inventory of vintage housewares from the US, Europe and beyond along with a carefully curated collection of books, California pottery, records, cameras, art glass and small furniture.
Having grown up in a house full of antiques, Megan has been collecting vintage for most of her adult life. Fort Bragg, at one time had many antique and second hand shops but by a few years ago, when Megan was looking to start a business, they had mostly gone. So the time was ripe for Fort Bragg to gain a new vintage shop. Megan was ahead of the game and ready with a garage of cool old stuff.
Having moved away as a teenager, she returned with her family in 2016 and has never looked back. The impetus for her return was the dismantling of the Georgia Pacific Lumber Mill. With that monstrosity removed, the downtown community was able to view its own stunning coastline.
“Like other former industrial towns it’s been given a rare opportunity to reinvent itself. I think we have an amazing foundation on which to build from. It’s going to be interesting, That’s why I’m here.”

Local Tip:
Adjacent to Lost Coast Found is the Larry Spring Museum of Common Sense Physics, a DIY museum created by the late self-taught experimenter, artist and outsider curator, Larry Spring. Well worth the visit to learn about his life’s work and about this very interesting member of the North Coast pantheon of characters.

Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens

Beautiful gardens with the backdrop of the Pacific Ocean
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens is a unique natural treasure located on the bluffs of Northern California. Since the 1960s, the Gardens has cultivated a wide array of plants that are both sustainable and beautiful. The nonprofit botanical wonder is highly photogenic and offers world-recognized collections and a diversity of flora all year long. Rhododendrons, camellias, and magnolias tower over displays of dahlias, begonias, and roses. The Gardens also stewards nationally recognized collections of conifers, heaths, and heathers.
The Gardens, gift shop, and plant nursery are open daily with only a couple of exceptions. Rhody’s Garden Café offers lunch with a view seasonally (Apr – Oct). Bring the whole family and make a day of it! Dogs are welcome and enjoy free admission! The Gardens are located at 18220 North Highway One in Fort Bragg, California. For more information call 707-964-4352, or visit http://www.gardenbythesea.org.
Annual Events:
Rhododendron Show – First weekend in May
Art in the Gardens – First weekend in August
Festival of Lights – Begins the day after Thanksgiving and runs each Friday, Saturday and Sunday for four weeks
Hidden Beach
Hidden Beach of Fort Bragg
Accessed through a tunnel of a rockwall at the north end of Seaside Creek Beach during low tide. Very remote and perfect for exploring, but don’t get caught by the tide before you head back through!

NO TRAILS

NO TIDE POOLS

NO RESTROOMS

NO FIRES

PARKING

DOGS
MacKerricher State Park - Laguna Point
MacKerricher State Park – Laguna Point
MacKerricher Beach is great for wildlife viewing and tidepooling and a prime seal watching station. There is a boardwalk path over the wetlands to the beach, directly next to the parking lot, so getting to the beach is easy.

TRAILS

TIDE POOLS

RESTROOMS

NO FIRES

PARKING

DOGS
Jefferson Way Beach Access
Jefferson Way Beach Access
A deep pocket cove and beach with rocks, cliffs, and dunes at the waters edge. It has a 0.7 mile long access trial from the parking area. Incredibly scenic and also a popular surf spot.

TRAILS

NO TIDE POOLS

NO RESTROOMS

NO FIRES

PARKING

DOGS