Enderts Beach(Del Norte Coast Redwoods Park)

Located on the south side of the city of Crescent City, Enderts Beach is a remote and rocky beach situated at the point where Nickel Creek meets the North Pacific Ocean. Enderts Beach is a well-known tide pooling destination and a part of the Redwood National Park.

Enderts Beach welcomes dogs on leash and offers many amenities including a walk-in campground, beach overlook, picnic tables, and tide pools.

There are many fun activities at Enderts Beach including hiking, camping, birdwatching, whale watching, and beach walking – but be careful because the beach becomes very narrow during high tides.

Getting to Enderts Beach can be difficult – after you get off of Highway 101, drive down to the end of Enderts Beach Road passing through Crescent Beach Overlook to reach a free parking lot near the trailhead for the Last Chance Section of the California Coastal Trail. After hiking on this three-quarters-of-a-mile-long trail, you will reach Nickel Creek Camp from where you can climb down a short path to the beach.

If you are looking for nearby attractions, there are many within a 20-minute drive of Enderts Beach. Spread across 139,000 acres, Redwood National and State Parks is home to over 200 exotic plant species including English Ivy, Spotted Knapweed, and Poison Hemlock. Fern Waterfall is a fun tourist attraction with a six-mile-long Boy Scout Tree Trail that is a fantastic place for Instagram-worthy pictures. Ocean World features sea-life creatures housed in million gallons of water tanks including sharks, seals, sea lions, and rays, interactive tide pools, shark petting, high-flying sea lion shows. Another great attraction near Enderts Beach is Del Norte County Historical Society, a museum with the finest collections of Native American basketry, weapons, farming and mining equipment, and photographs of the infamous Tsunami disaster of 1964.

If you get hungry, there are many restaurants within a 10-minute drive of Enderts Beach. The upscale and always-crowded Marlo's Greek and Italian Restaurant offers chicken parmesan, grilled surf and turf kebabs, shrimp scampi, pasta, lasagna, and spaghetti. Chart Room Restaurant is a waterfront seafood restaurant serving oysters, clam chowder, groupers, fish ‘n’ chips, and shrimps with views of sea lions through windows. Another good restaurant near Enderts Beach is Perlita's Authentic Mexican that features authentic and traditional Mexican items including tortas, tacos, quesadillas, chili Relleno, and burritos.

If you are looking for a hotel near Enderts Beach, you can drive nine minutes to the Best Western Plus Northwoods Inn that offers many amenities including a pool, sauna, spa, bar, restaurant, and fitness center. If you’re looking for other affordable hotels near Enderts Beach, the 3-Star Ocean View Inn features beautiful ocean-view rooms, and the 2-Star Travelodge by Wyndham Crescent City is a pet-friendly hotel.