Mendocino Headlands State Park
North Coast
parks
At a glance
- Size
- 7709
- Established
- 1972
parks detail
- Hook
- Wave-tunneled bluffs wrapping the historic village of Mendocino on three sides
- More
- The village owes its preservation to this park — a 1970s deal that stopped bluff-top development and froze the 1850s New England skyline in place. Walk the perimeter trail for blowholes, arches, and December–April whale traffic; the Ford House museum tells the logging story.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 39.305, -123.802