# Hammond Trail > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hammond_Trail > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hammond_Trail.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammond_Trail > Source revision: 1316201795 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Hammond Trail v t e Legend little River Little River State Beach Clam Beach Drive Clam Beach County Park Strawberry Creek Vista point Letz Avenue Interpretive trail Widow White Creek Murray Road highway 101 sewage treatment ponds Hiller Park Hiller Road School Road Fischer Avenue Mad River The **Hammond Trail** is a northern [California](/source/California) [rail trail](/source/Rail_trail) along the [Pacific coast](/source/Pacific_coast) in [Humboldt County](/source/Humboldt_County%2C_California). The 5.5 mi (8.9 km) hiking and biking trail follows the historic [Hammond Lumber Company](/source/Hammond_Lumber_Company)'s Humboldt Northern Railway grade from the [Mad River](/source/Mad_River_(California)) to [Little River State Beach](/source/Little_River_State_Beach). ## Route The southern end of Hammond trail is on the north bank of the Mad River. The trail follows Fischer Avenue climbing into the western edge of [McKinleyville](/source/McKinleyville%2C_California) where a separate trail begins along the east side of Fischer Avenue from School Street to Hiller Park. Leaving Hiller park the trail enters woodlands along the eastern edge of the McKinleyville [sewage treatment](/source/Sewage_treatment) ponds and emerges atop a steep bluff above the north bank of the Mad River. At Murray Road trail users may either follow the west branch of the trail above the Mad River to reach the Widow White Creek [interpretive trail](/source/Interpretive_trail) or travel east on Murray Road to turn north again where the east branch of the trail follows the west side of [highway 101](/source/U.S._Route_101_in_California). Following convergence with the eastern end of the Widow White Creek interpretive trail, Hammond Trail continues north along Letz Avenue and then past a highway 101 [vista point](/source/Vista_point) where the trail leaves the former railroad grade to drop into the Clam Beach County Park [dunes](/source/Dune) between the Pacific coast and highway 101.[1] ## History The southern portion of Hammond Trail was built on an abandoned [logging railroad](/source/Logging_railroad) which once carried [redwood](/source/Redwood) logs to [Samoa](/source/Samoa%2C_California) [sawmills](/source/Sawmill) from forests between [Trinidad](/source/Trinidad%2C_California) and [Big Lagoon](/source/Big_Lagoon_(California)) until a 1945 [wildfire](/source/Wildfire) destroyed many of the wooden [trestle bridges](/source/Trestle_bridge). The last logging train ran on 23 August 1948.[2] Trail construction began in 1979[3] and was completed in 2001. Hammond Trail is a segment of the [California Coastal Trail](/source/California_Coastal_Trail).[1] ## Facilities Some of the trail has [asphalt concrete](/source/Asphalt_concrete) pavement while other segments have a gravel surface. Public [toilets](/source/Toilet) are available at Hiller Park[3] and at Clam Beach County Park, where camping facilities are also available. [Leashed](/source/Leash) dogs are allowed on the trail.[1] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-hcc_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-hcc_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-hcc_1-2) ["Hammond Trail"](https://humboldtgov.org/2761/Hammond-Trail). [Humboldt County, California](/source/Humboldt_County%2C_California). Retrieved 27 March 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Borden, Stanley T. (November 1958). "Railroads of Eureka". *Western Railroader, Booklet 229-E*. **22** (1): 1–18. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-tsc_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-tsc_3-1) Salcedo-Chourre, Tracy (2001). *Rails-to-Trails, California*. 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