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Home » Hikes in Hiking Humboldt Volume 1 » Hike 20: Manila Dunes to Ma-le’l Dunes

Hike 20: Manila Dunes to Ma-le’l Dunes

Ma-le'l Dunes
Ma-le’l Dunes

The Samoa Peninsula’s dune system is one of the most interesting and unusual environments in the region. It’s a dynamic landscape that, through restoration efforts, is returning to its natural splendor. This hike traverses both old, forested dunes and young, sparsely- or un-vegetated ones; both types support unique and distinctive plant communities. It starts at Friends of the Dunes’ Humboldt Coastal Nature Center, well worth a visit in its own right. The southern (HCNC) trail junctions are marked but the trail names aren’t indicated; the northern (federal) ones are color coded.

Friends of the Dunes: info@friendsofthedunes.org, 707-444-1397

Ma-le’l Dunes Cooperative Management Area: 707-825-2300 (Bureau of Land Management Arcata Field Office)

Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge: denise_seeger@fws.gov, 707-733-5406

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  1. Conifermann says

    April 17, 2016 at 7:21 am

    Lead a bird watching hike at the dunes yesterday. It was spectacular, with many birds, but also LOTS of mosquitoes. Beware of the mosquito factor from April-July depending on the standing water conditions.

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  2. Ken Burton says

    May 18, 2016 at 4:19 pm

    The “unsigned trail in the forest” at mile 5.4 is called the Vou’gul Trail on the new Ma-le’l Dunes brochure map.

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  3. Ken Burton says

    May 19, 2016 at 11:04 am

    Due to beach erosion and dune buildup, the sign at the west end of the Kimuk Trail (mile 2.5) is just about impossible to see from the beach. The coordinates are N 40° 52.723’, W 124° 09.445’. Also, the property to the north of the hike is the Lanphere Dunes Unit of Humboldt Bay NWR, not “Lanphere Dunes NWR” as shown on the map.

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