Jug Handle Creek Farm and Nature Center is a nonprofit nature education center and overnight facility that serves as a gateway to Jug Handle State Reserve and the world's largest intact Pygmy Forest Ecological Staircase. The 39 acres include a native tree nursery, community gardens, woodlands, meadows and nature trails. Accommodation and use of the 1870s Victorian farmhouse, cottages and campground support educational programs and restoration projects. For overnight accommodations, choose from private farmhouse rooms, cabins or campsites accommodating groups, families or individuals. The campsite, some hiking trails and the farmhouse are wheelchair accessible. The center is adjacent to the 1,000-acre Jug Handle State Reserve and serves as a gateway to the Jug Handle Ecological Staircase, a unique formation of geologic terraces that extend from the offshore intertidal zone through coastal prairie and redwood forests and into pygmy pine forests the top terrace.