Cowell Purisima Coastal Trail Project

Cowell Purisima Coastal Trail Project

The California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC) proposes to construct a 3-mile segment of the California Coastal Trail beginning at the existing Cowell Coastal Access and extending southward as a coastal bluff-top trail through the North Cowell ranch and Purisima Farms property, ultimately reaching the north boundary of the South Cowell Ranch property. The trail terminates at a new parking/staging area near Cabrillo Hwy 1. The trail will be a pedestrian and bicycle trail that will be located back from the coastal bluff within a 25-ft. wide existing recreation easement on the North Cowell ranch and a 50-ft. wide recreation easement on the Purisima Farms property. Project features include an eight ft.-wide base rock and/or decomposed granite trail (with one ft. wide compacted shoulders), three prefabricated bridges (to cross two ravines and Purisima Creek), and a small (seventeen-car capacity) parking/staging area. The project also includes erosion control features, drainage improvements, smooth wire fencing to separate the trail from agriculture fields, and access gates to allow closure of the trail when necessary. Sections of the trail at Purisima Creek will traverse slopes of up to 40%, which will be accomplished by using a standard recreational trail cross section with switchbacks to meet California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) standards for American Disability Act (ADA) access.

Half Moon Bay

San Mateo

Air Resources Board, Transportation Projects, California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC)

Recreational (Coastal Trail)

Coastal Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Geology/Soils, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian