Sea glass at Glass Beach in Fort Bragg 2.jpg

California, US

Glass Beach

Sand of rounded gemstone-coloured sea glass.

Sea glass at Glass Beach in Fort Bragg 2.jpg · <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Grendelkhan" title="User:Grendelkhan">Grendelkhan</a> · CC BY-SA 4.0
Length
1.1 km
Nearest airport
UKI · 64 km
Tier
Featured
Story
The Spike

Glass Beach — the feature

Sand of rounded gemstone-coloured sea glass.

Sea glass at Glass Beach in Fort Bragg 2.jpg
Sea glass at Glass Beach in Fort Bragg 2.jpg· <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Grendelkhan" title="User:Grendelkhan">Grendelkhan</a> · CC BY-SA 4.0
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honest reckoning

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plan stack

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Colophon · Provenance

Where this page comes from

Geography, facilities
OpenStreetMap (ODbL) for geometry and facility tags within 500 m of the beach centroid. GeoNames for city/airport distances.
Climate & ocean
Open-Meteo ERA5 + Marine archive, 2014–2023 monthly normals.
Photography
Archival, original tone (Tier B — Wikimedia Commons). Each image licensed per its own terms; attribution visible inline.
History & culture
Every factual claim is linked to its source in the prose above. Wikipedia citations inline. Non-wiki sources named where relevant.
Editorial voice
Register: clinical. Written to pass a local's nod test; corrections welcome.
Written by Erin Rose
Last reviewed 2026-04-19
v0.7 — in editorial development toward v1.0