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[Trail] Carruthers Cove Trail [Length (one way) (miles)] 0.8 [Elevation Change (feet)] 560 [Trail Description] 
The northernmost trail in the state park starts a mile from the south end of the Coastal Drive; it descends steeply, through a small band of redwoods and into more diverse forest of red alder, sitka spruce and salmonberry. The path then enters an overgrown ravine at the lower end of Johnson Creek and emerges to a sandy section of Pacific Ocean beach (Carruthers Cove), next to a shallow lagoon and a large protruding cliff face. From here the Coastal Trail heads south, linking with the road to Fern Canyon.
Hiking in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California
Trail Description