Flyway · 12 days · 11 nights
A northbound coast route through Mendocino, redwood country, southern Oregon, Cape Perpetua, and the Olympic coast.
Road routing is a planning aid. Verify closures, access, and conditions before driving.
Sunrise-to-sunset plan
Each row shows the heaviest planned day in that block. Every individual day has a Google Maps driving link from the prior camp or starting hub, through that day's PerchPoints, to that night's sleep site. The daylight figure uses the approximate winter-solstice day length for the region.
Reach the coast, then use a fixed Mendocino base for the headlands and coastal trail.
Perches · Mendocino Headlands Bluff Trail · California Coastal Trail
Northbound transfer followed by a full Tall Trees day; verify the current permit and road process.
Perches · Tall Trees Loop Trail
Harris Beach, Indian Sands, and Samuel H. Boardman as separate field days from the coast corridor.
Perches · Harris Beach Trail · Indian Sands Trail · Samuel H. Boardman Coast Trail
Move north, then separate the ocean-edge and forest walks around Cape Perpetua.
Perches · Cape Perpetua & Thor's Well · Cape Perpetua Forest Trails
Use one transfer day and two weather-flex days for Second Beach and the Olympic coast.
Perches · Second Beach Trail
Photographs behind the route
Every map perch still opens the photographs, factual blurb, and GPS pin that inspired the route. The sequence follows the Flyway direction; the day plan above determines what is realistic before dark.
9 photographs from this location, made Jul 10, 2022.
39.310441, -123.809450Find a current trail guide ↗Open GPS pin ↗7 photographs from this location, made Jul 10, 2022.
41.165200, -124.132328Find a current trail guide ↗Open GPS pin ↗3 photographs from this location, made Jul 11, 2022.
41.207968, -124.012639NPS Redwood trails ↗Open GPS pin ↗3 photographs from this location, made Jul 11, 2022.
42.068356, -124.315212Find a current trail guide ↗Open GPS pin ↗8 photographs from this location, made Jul 12, 2022.
42.154410, -124.365150Find a current trail guide ↗Open GPS pin ↗16 photographs from this location, made Jul 13, 2022.
42.195467, -124.371013Find a current trail guide ↗Open GPS pin ↗12 photographs from this location, made Jul 15, 2022–Jul 16, 2022.
44.278374, -124.113418Open GPS pin ↗2 photographs from this location, made May 21, 2023.
44.281137, -124.109486Find a current trail guide ↗Open GPS pin ↗1 photograph from this location, made Jul 20, 2022.
47.891640, -124.631271NPS Olympic coast ↗Open GPS pin ↗Sleep along the route
These are planning leads, not reservations or access guarantees. Repeated use in the itinerary is intentional. Verify the current source before relying on any site.
Boonville, CA · 39.003826, -123.364263
A RoostAtlas planning lead near the southern end of the route.
Florence, OR · 44.015514, -124.124934
A RoostAtlas lead south of Cape Perpetua near Florence.
Port Angeles, WA · 48.166021, -123.704345
A RoostAtlas lead west of Port Angeles for the Olympic segment.