Literally every hour the media tells us the same thing: “Do not destroy the beauty of nature with your behavior. Do not leave behind dirt in forests, on sea coasts, on mountain slopes. Don't harm yourself or others. The beauty of nature was not created by people, and no one has the right to “make their own ridiculous adjustments,” which often only harm it.”

But my mother told everyone from childhood: “Don’t scatter garbage! Everyone throws a match and it will work out garbage dump" We all try to adhere to this golden rule. After all, we will suffer from our own “negligent” attitude.

But you know, there is one place where it was garbage that created beauty. Yes, yes, that's trash. Although it sounds somehow unusual and strange, doesn’t it? Trash and beauty. But in California there is one beach, the beauty of which has increased thanks to broken glass.

Where is the glass beach

Sea, sun, beach... All of this gives us approximately the same sensations: fresh sea air, light breeze, scorching sun, and, of course, warm sand.

But one place will instantly destroy our stereotypes. Unusual, amazing, glass beach!

Interested? Then let's quickly go to California and look at this unique glass beach.

So, north of the town of Fort Bragg in McKerricher Park there is a marvelous Californian glass beach.

The beach is unique “for its interesting sand.” Glass sand.

Don't be alarmed. There are no sharp pieces of glass that could hurt you. Each piece of glass is carefully polished by the waters of a real jeweler - the ocean.

The beach is simply strewn with glass pebbles of different sizes, shapes, and colors. It seems as if the painter, walking along the beach, simply splashed paint along the road. Interesting and strange at the same time.

The history of the glass beach. Who tried: nature or man

Who do you think “tried harder” to make the California glass beach become a picture from a book - a rainbow shore?

We think that in order to accurately answer this question, it is worth looking “deeper” - at the history of the beach.

And it was all like this... Back in the first half of the twentieth century, a large public landfill appeared on this coast. Residents easily disposed of their trash by bringing all their trash here to the California beach.

Gradually, the mountains of garbage increased; it seemed that this area was “already hopeless.”

But in the early sixties, city authorities banned throwing garbage here.

After some time, the California coast began to be cleared of the rubbish that had accumulated over twenty years! Of course, bulky old televisions, cars, and all kinds of equipment were taken out immediately! It would seem that after much work the beach was cleared! But... there were broken glasses left there, which no one took as a problem and as such pollution!

And at that moment the ocean decided to help the “inattentive people.” Ocean waters they carefully and “quietly” smoothed out the sharp ends of the broken glass. And just six months later, the sharp fragments turned into neat multi-colored pebbles.

This is how the glass beach of California appeared in an amazing way.

So who is the “culprit” of this beauty? It seems to us that both people and the sea contributed equally. If people had not scattered broken glass here, then the sea would have nothing to turn into “colorful pebbles.” Well, if the sea had not polished the glass in such a miraculous way, then the beach would probably have to be closed. In a word, both tried equally.

Relaxing on the beach at McKerricher Park

Since 2002, the Californian glass beach has become part of McKerricher National Park and, of course, a landmark and “patrimony of humanity.”

Now tourists come from all over globe come to California to look at the marvelous glass beach in the National Park in the amazing US state.

We can say with confidence that a holiday on this beach is truly unique and certainly memorable. There is no sand here, from which castles and palaces can easily be built.

Sitting on such a bank, it seems that you are looking at the world through a kaleidoscope, in which everything shimmers with all the colors of the rainbow.

Have you already wanted to go to a wonderful beach in California? Lie down on the “glass rainbow of stones” and take a deep breath of clean sea air.

After our next trip, thoughts involuntarily come to mind about why they believe that there are only seven Wonders of the World? After all, any place carries within itself something fabulous, something magical, something wonderful. Every amazing and unusual corner can be confidently called a Wonder of the World.

But let's still remember that everything is natural in the world! When leaving or scattering trash, remember that things may not always turn out the way they do for California residents. It’s not for nothing that the sages said: “The evil emitted by you will certainly return to you.” And this statement concerns not only relations in society, but also attitudes towards nature. And if we do not treat nature with care, we do not appreciate its beauty, then the seas, forests, mountains will simply begin to “take revenge”, which, of course, ends in tears.

So treat everything that surrounds you with awe and travel the world with us.

Glass Beach in McKerricher Park in California on the map

A wonderful video that makes the glass beach a reality. Agree that after watching you want to go to McKerricher.

There are sparkling stones everywhere, shimmering in the rays of the setting sun... This is not a tale of Scheherazade, but modern miracle Sveta. An amazing beach, strewn with iridescent stones that sparkle in the sun and look like gems, is located in the USA, in McCarriher National Park, near the city of Fort Bragg in California. There is no other beach like this anywhere on planet Earth. Instead of pebbles here, on the beach, called "glass", there are pieces of multi-colored glass polished by the sea: green, orange, brown, blue and white. In the rays of the setting sun, an extraordinary sight! The reflections of glass pebbles, the sparkle of water and the shine of the sun create a fabulous atmosphere.

The origin of Glass Beach is quite trivial. Until the end of the sixties of the 20th century local residents Garbage was thrown onto the territory of the current beach - glass, cars and old household appliances. However, in the end, city authorities banned the use of the coast as a landfill. Multiple cleaning operations were carried out. The old equipment and cars were taken out, but the glass was left behind. The sea worked to polish the pieces of glass. The waves ground the pieces of glass day and night, making them smooth and giving them the desired shape. Since the late 80s of the 20th century, this beach has become incredibly popular among tourists. Today it is a local landmark, which people from different countries. IN national park McCarriher is not allowed to take the glass pebbles with her as souvenirs. Travelers are a little saddened by this fact, but the flow of people who want to look at the new wonder of the world does not decrease.








A unique place - . The uniqueness of the bay is that it strewn with pieces of broken glass, in fact, it is a glass beach, on which sand, glass and pebbles are mixed. Unfortunately, the uniqueness of this bay is the result of human pollution, because... Once upon a time these beautiful pieces of glass were ordinary bottles.

So where does the glass come from in Steklyannaya Bay? or in common people Steklyanukha, two versions history of education Steklyannaya Bay in Vladivostok: first says that two truckloads of bottles once spilled onto the beach, second The version is that a kilometer from the beach there was a landfill for household waste Ermine, which was cultivated and closed on the eve of the APEC 2012 summit, bottles from this landfill were carried out towards the beach by the current and smashed against the rocks, and this is how Steklyannaya Bay was formed. The second version seems more plausible to me.

The beach in Steklyannaya Bay is not the only one there are only two such beaches in the world, the second is at Fort Bragg California State USA. The history of the formation of the beach in the USA is the same as in Vladivostok; once upon a time there was a landfill on the site of the beach and after its closure there was a heap of broken glass left. True, if you look at the photographs of the glass beach in the USA and here in Vladivostok, then judging by the photos, their bottles are more colorful.

Having visited this beach for the first time several years ago, we were in slight shock, firstly, from the glass we saw on the beach, and secondly, from the smell and smoke that was constantly coming from the nearby landfill, despite all this there were many vacationers here . It was evident that people simply had nowhere to rest in Vladivostok, but with the opening of the bridge to Russian Island and the closure of the landfill on Gornostay, the number of available places to rest increased. Now the Ermine Recruited Solid Waste Landfill has become an ordinary green-flowering mountain, nothing like the former landfill. This place has become a landmark of the city and now you can safely go on vacation to nearby bays.

Now The glass bay is good place for relax. The beach is clean and cleaned regularly. The beach has everything for relaxation: shower, toilet, sports and children's playgrounds, houses, gazebos, and places for tents are available for rent. There is a lifeguard and a paramedic on the beach (at least that’s what the sign at the entrance to the beach says).

Glass bay pretty cozy place , which is closed on both sides by rocks; on the beach itself there is sand of an unusual dark color, and closer to the water there is sand with pebbles and glass. You can walk barefoot on the beach without fear, because... The broken glass was polished by the sea with its waves and it turned out to be a beautiful unusual beach.

On both sides of Steklyashki beach there are beautiful rocks, and on the left side of the beach there is a view of sliding rocks that go at an angle into the sea.

Where is Steklyannaya Bay:

The beach in Steklyannaya Bay is located in the suburbs of Vladivostok between the village of Rybachim and Desantnaya Bay, see location

Usually, when people throw away garbage, they negatively affect the environment. Mountains of garbage do not bring any benefit, besides spoiling not only the air, soil and water, but also causing aesthetic damage to natural beauty. However, rarely, but still there are exceptions - garbage creates beauty.

There is one interesting place - Glass Beach, Fort Bragg, California, USA (Glass Beach, Fort Bragg, California, USA). This place is surprising for its unusual beach. A public landfill appeared on that coast in the first half of the 20th century. Nowadays it’s hard to imagine this in America, but in those days people got rid of excess trash without thinking about whether it would harm the environment. If there is a landfill, then you can throw it away.

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In the early 60s local authorities finally thought about it. Whatever one may say, mountains of old garbage caused considerable damage to nature, polluting the air and water. In 1967, the landfill was closed and some of the larger trash was moved away from the coast, but a huge amount of discarded plastic, glass and other small waste was left behind.

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Over the course of several decades, nature itself dealt with the landfill: not a trace remained of the former garbage mountains. The sea waves cleared the beach and ground every piece of glass on the coast. As a result, the shape of the glass pebbles is no different from the pebbles we are used to, and now billions of pieces of glass litter the entire coastline, which is called Glass Beach, that is, Glass Beach.

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In 2002, McCarricher Park acquired the Glass Coast. It has been cleaned up and opened to tourists who, for a nominal fee, can admire this amazing place. Despite the official ban, many tourists try to take some glass pebbles as a souvenir of Glass Beach.

According to various sources, glass decomposes from 500 to 1000 years, that is, in a maximum of a thousand years the incredible Glass Beach will turn into an ordinary sandy one. But now this is one of the most beautiful places and the first unique beach, composed of man and nature.

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Glass Beach is in MacKerricher State Park near Fort Bragg, California. The beach got its name due to the fact that it is covered with many glass pebbles, it is a landmark of the city.


Local residents, considering this place a dump, threw garbage there - household waste, old household appliances, cars, glass. In 1967, authorities closed the beach and carried out cleanup work several times. Uncollected small fragments of glass were polished by the waves and gradually the entire shore was strewn with thousands of multi-colored pieces of glass. The North Coast Water Quality Board has banned dumping waste in this area.



Over the course of several decades, nature itself dealt with the landfill: not a trace remained of the former garbage mountains. The sea waves cleared the beach and ground every piece of glass on the coast. As a result, the shape of the glass pebbles is no different from the pebbles we are used to, and now billions of pieces of glass litter the entire coastline, which is called Glass Beach.



In 2002, McCarricher Park acquired the Glass Coast. It has been cleaned up and opened to tourists who, for a nominal fee, can admire this amazing place. Crowds of tourists flocked to see this amazing beach. There are even craftsmen who make all sorts of souvenirs from these smooth pieces of glass, which are well bought by tourists who come to see this miracle of human industrial intervention in the affairs of nature. Despite the official ban, many tourists try to take some glass pebbles as a souvenir of Glass Beach.





According to various sources, glass decomposes from 500 to 1000 years, that is, in a maximum of a thousand years the incredible Glass Beach will turn into an ordinary sandy beach. But now this is one of the most beautiful places and the first unique beach made up of man and nature.