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Our Mission The mission of California State Parks is to provide for the health, inspiration and ild harbor seals MacKerricher education of the people of California by helping W to preserve the state’s extraordinary biological State Park diversity, protecting its most valued natural and sun offshore while cultural resources, and creating opportunities for high-quality outdoor recreation. scores of shorebirds forage in mounds of beached kelp at these pristine beaches and California State Parks supports equal access. secluded coves. Prior to arrival, visitors with disabilities who need assistance should contact the park at (707) 937-5804. If you need this publication in an alternate format, contact [email protected]. CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS P.O. Box 942896 Sacramento, CA 94296-0001 For information call: (800) 777-0369 (916) 653-6995, outside the U.S. 711, TTY relay service www.parks.ca.gov MacKerricher State Park 24100 MacKerricher Park Road (off Hwy. 1) Fort Bragg, CA 95437 (707) 937-5804 © 2002 California State Parks (Rev. 2017) M acKerricher State Park’s wild beauty, PLANT COMMUNITIES diverse habitats, and moderate climate The lake area and campgrounds host a forest make this special place on the Mendocino of Bishop and shore pine, Douglas-fir, and Coast a gem among California’s state parks. other types of vegetation that thrive in the Watch harbor seals and migrating gray favorable soil and climate. Dunes topped with whales, stroll on secluded beaches, bicycle sand verbena, sea rocket, sand primrose, beach along an old seaside logging road, and find morning-glory, and grasses produce a palette of yellows, reds, and greens rolling gently across solitude on one of Northern California’s most Inglenook Fen-Ten Mile Dunes Natural Preserve pristine stretches of sand dunes. the sand hills. Alongside an isolated stretch of beach, the Inglenook Fen-Ten Mile Dunes Natural Preserve — PARK HISTORY an unusual sand dune complex— contains several terrestrial, wetland, and freshwater For thousands of years, the Northern Pomo ecosystems. At their widest point, the dunes extend three-quarters of a mile from the beach to and the Coast Yuki thrived on the natural Highway 1. Walk on the beach, rather than the dunes and plants, to riches of this area. The resources were so avoid harming a number of sensitive, threatened, or endangered plentiful that other local native groups dune species. were routinely permitted to travel through The headlands leading to Laguna Point are blanketed with a Pomo and Yuki lands to fish and to collect thick mat of non-native grasses, a result of past livestock grazing. seaweed, shellfish, acorns, and other foods. Remnants of native plant communities, including sensitive species Today Native American descendants still such as Mendocino Coast Indian paintbrush, Howell’s spineflower, gather foods and other resources in the Menzies’ wallflower, and other native wildflowers can be found practice of their tribal traditions. Bishop pine along the headlands that extend to Pudding Creek, site of a Duncan MacKerricher and his wife moved popular beach and the Pudding Creek Trestle. to this area from Canada in 1864. A few years later, he bought 1,000 acres MAJOR FEATURES and named the land Rancho The park extends approximately nine de la Laguna. He raised cattle, miles along the coast. The shoreline hogs, and draft horses. After of its southern portion consists of a wharf was built at Laguna rocky headlands, separated by sandy Point, MacKerricher allowed a beaches and coves, while miles of gravity-fed railway to be built gently sloping beach make up the on his land from Cleone to northern half. Laguna Point. MacKerricher’s Three miles north of Fort Bragg on holdings became the core of Highway 1, the entrance road leading the park when his heirs sold to the Laguna Point boardwalk passes the property to the State three campgrounds and Lake Cleone. Pudding Creek Trestle in 1949. The picturesque overpass near Lake On the beaches, you may see shorebirds migration seasons, docent-led whale watch foraging amid kelp on shore. groups meet near the gray whale skeleton at The ocean, offshore rocks, headlands, the visitor center. Staffed by volunteers, the shoreline, lake, wetlands, woods, and center features interpretive displays and sand dunes attract more than 280 bird publications. A private concession near the species. The Western snowy plover, park offers horse rides in designated areas a threatened species, inhabits sandy of the park. beaches year-round. CAMPING AND PICNICKING Lake Cleone Harbor seals sun themselves on the rocks near Laguna Point. From mid- More than 140 campsites accommodate Cleone once carried steam-driven trains December to early April, crowds are drawn tents and recreational vehicles. Family to the former Union Lumber Company to the overlooks as gray whales migrate campsites have restrooms nearby, tables, mill in Fort Bragg. Today, walkers, joggers, between the Bering Sea and Baja California. food storage lockers, and fire rings. Two equestrians, and bicyclists use the haul Black-tailed deer are often seen near the group tent-only sites can accommodate up road, as it is historically called. This road lake, as are raccoons and gray foxes. Great to 40 and 60 campers. To reserve between once extended from Fort Bragg to the Ten blue herons, mallard ducks, and double- March and September, call (800) 444-7275 Mile River watershed. Thirty-acre Lake crested cormorants are found year-round or visit www.parks.ca.gov. Cleone, formerly a brackish water marsh, at the lake, which also serves as a resting Ten walk-in campsites offer a pack-in received high-tide doses of salt water. place for migratory waterfowl. Though rare, experience without a long hike. Walk-in When the haul road was built, it blocked mountain lions have also been sighted in campers park in a designated area at the off incoming seawater and created the the area. south edge of Surfwood Campground and present freshwater lake. carry supplies about 50 yards to campsites. In 2014, 2.7 miles of the old Haul Road RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES The Lake Cleone picnic area has tables, and invasive beachgrass were removed. Scheduled or guided activities — including barbecues, running water, and a great view hikes, Junior Rangers, and campfire of the 30-acre lake. A 1.3-mile trail circles the WILDLIFE programs — are posted on bulletin boards lake; licensed anglers may fish from shore or Rocky shorelines are home to tide pool throughout the park. During gray whale non-motorized boats for bass. organisms that have adapted to their specific intertidal homes. They can die if moved or overturned, so please don’t endanger these protected resources. Kelp forests line the water along the north side of the point. Snowy plover NEARBY STATE PARKS PLEASE REMEMBER All parks listed are along Highway 1. • The ocean can be very dangerous. • Westport-Union Landing State Beach Never turn your back on the ocean. 2 miles north of Westport 95488 • All park natural and cultural features (707) 937-5804 are protected by law and may not be • Russian Gulch State Park removed or disturbed, including glass 2 miles north of Mendocino 95460 found at Glass Beach. (707) 937-5804 • Keep dogs under control and on a leash • Point Cabrillo Light Station SHP no longer than six feet. Dogs must be 13800 Point Cabrillo Dr. off Hwy. 1 enclosed in a tent or vehicle at night. Mendocino 95460 (707) 937-5804 • Bicyclists under age 18 must wear ACCESSIBLE FEATURES helmets. Do not ride bikes or horses on The visitor center, boardwalk at Laguna the boardwalks. Horses are allowed only Point, the Haul Road, some picnic tables, all on designated trails, and riders must ride restrooms, and several paved campsites are on wet sand on beach trails. accessible. A beach wheelchair is available • Keep campfires in the rings provided. This park is supported in part through for loan at the kiosk. Call (707) 937-5804 Purchase firewood at the a nonprofit organization. For more for details. Accessibility is continually park entrance and at camp information contact: Mendocino Area improving. For updates, visit host sites. Do not collect Parks Association, P.O. Box 1387, http://access.parks.ca.gov. dead or down wood; it Mendocino, CA 95460 • (707) 937-4700 provides important http://mendoparks.org soil nutrients. Tide pools to 101 Ten Mile River 0 500 1000 Feet West 1 300 Meters0 200100 Pine East 60-107 Pine an Haul Rd 21-59 1 Oce E ic V if R ac E Camp Host S P Mill Creek E Rd Coastal Trail Main R P Beach Cleone P 1-20 L A Boardwalk P R n U T Park Visitor a A Inglenook e P Entrance Center N no motor c to Seal S boats O 200 Watching E Inglenook c N Station, Lake i Surfwood f U Creek Laguna Cleone i D c Point 108- E a L 143 P I M Haul Rd Camp Host Boardwalk 1 N E T Walk in only - 1-10 N Sandhill 200 E F Lake 1 K O Legend O Coastal TrailN E L Paved Road G N I Trail: Accessible Multi-Use MacKerricher MACKERRICHER Trail: Hiking State Park STATE PARK Trail: Hike & Horse 200 Marine Conservation Area 400 Ward Ave Ward Accessible Feature Haul Rd 600 Boating Seal Watching Station 400 Cleone Laguna P M 600 Boat Launch: Hand ill Point C Lake Cleone re e Campfire Center k see detail Dr Creek map above Campground Mill 600 200 Campground: Group 200 n Westport Fishing Haul Rd 1 400 a Fort 101 e Marsh c Bragg O MacKerricher SP c No Dogs Allowed i Russian f Virgin Gulch SP Willits i Point 20 P Parking c a Cabrillo Mendocino Creek Picnic Area P Van Damme Calpella Airport Rd 1 SP 600 Ranger Station Hendy Ukiah to Mendocino 128 Woods 600 Restrooms Elk SP Pudding Creek 101 0 10 20 Mi Trestle 400 RV Sanitation Station 1 Pudding 0 30 Km2010 Boonville Viewpoint Glass 200 Beach 0 0.5 1 Mile © 2002 California State Parks (Rev.
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