We’re pretty excited about our new map of Discovery Trail.  It’s a glorious trail; winding through the dunes with gentle slopes and curves, spectacular ocean views and watchable wildlife as well.    There are wonderful interpretive displays, from the 18-foot bronze tree at the northern terminus to the artist’s complementary bronze condor at the southern tip.  In between are displays, monolith, sculptures, even a re-articulated whale skeleton.

The City of Long Beach QR Code project serves as a great self-guided tour of the trail and its markers.  If you haven’t taken the tour, grab a smart phone and head out!

Now that the 8-mile trail is finished, we wanted to create a user-friendly map that showed distances between trail heads, interpretive markers, and difficulty levels.  We’re pretty proud of how it came out, thanks to the help of Ralph and David at the City of Long Beach.  Ralph did all the measuring and David triple-checked placement of markers for bridges and interpretive markers. Pacific County Friends of Lewis & Clark get credit for having developed the icon in the upper left panel.  Look for the icons throughout the bi-state Lewis and Clark Historical Parks.

The map was printed thanks to Una at the Long Beach Peninsula Visitors Bureau.  She found budget to print it on the back side of the Peninsula maps her organization distributes.  As a result, there are just over 77,000 of the maps now on the Peninsula.  Members of the Visitors Bureau can pick some up to distribute from their businesses and anyone can drop in and pick up a copy for their own use.

We hope you enjoy the map, and even more, the trail!