Pudding Creek

Please visit this place for a day the ocean is rough so no swimming but awesome place to visit my kids love it small river to play in. Cool sights big rock and a bridge this is a must see if coming to fort Bragg to see the coast

The best beach in the area.
Lots of rocks to climb, tide pools to explore, and a large soft sandy beach to nap at.
The Pudding Creek Bridge is very cool!

This beach is beautiful. The sand is light and fine, and there are cliffs accessible where one can stand and overlook the sea. Dogs are allowed off leash. There are bathrooms available in stores nearby, but not on the actual beach as far as I know. There are multiple stretches of the coast that you can access as well. One is accessible by parking in the parking lot visible from the road and taking a walk straight to the coast. It’s pretty spacious. Another is accessible by, after doing this, approaching the small trail visible by the plant-​covered area and taking it. If you go up, you’ll see some cliffs to the left, but if you keep going straight (in the direction of the sand) you’ll get to climb down to the beach. This coastal area is much larger, though slightly difficult to get back up from.

My previous Pudding Creek 4^th of July had been some years back.
My father worked in the service industry and more often than not would have to work on major holidays (except Christmas and Thanksgiving not sure how he was able to swing that). But on this particular holiday, he was able to take a two week vacation and packed the car with all of us kids and headed to Ft. Bragg.
It was here that my Mom convinced me that she was the best athlete in the family. She could run faster, throw farther and harder than any of us. She was your ultimate jock. On a cool foggy night in early July she critiqued my throwing and was the one who told me not to hold the football on the center, but to move my hand towards the bottom third of the ball. She even took it one step further and to this day is very controversial. «Don’t concern yourself with the laces, just grip it and hit your target».
Not sure if George Halas would agree, but OK Mom you are the boss.
If you have been here you would know about the «squeaky sand». No other sand dune in the world can recreate this sound. The bridge trestle back when I was a kid was about to crumble, but today thanks to local restoration efforts the old train trestle is fully restored. Just minus the train. My mom would be happy with the end result.
It’s now July 4^th 2010 and standing on the trestle waiting for the fireworks on the 4^th of July in Ft. Bragg, ca is a tricky proposition. Will it be foggy? cold? windy? Will we even be able to see them? The faithful were still out in full force and yes, no issues with visibility. Much different than my last time here. Not standing with my mom who kept handing me Swedish fish to keep me quiet. This time he dynamic was bit different. Sneaking a bottle of Kentucky Bourbon with my ex girlfriend who was shivering and missing the heat of Arizona. But once the fireworks started up she immediately warmed up and was a trooper.
I’ve traveled to six of seven continents, but it’s Ft Bragg which will always be near and dear to my heart.