Van Damme State Park
North Coast
parks
At a glance
- Size
- 2336
- Established
- 1932
parks detail
- Hook
- A fern-lined river canyon, abalone-diver cove, and a pygmy forest of decades-old trees a few feet tall
- More
- The pygmy forest's waist-high, century-old cypresses grow on an ancient hardpan terrace — a five-minute boardwalk to one of botany's strangest sights. Fern Canyon's paved path follows the Little River past ten bridges, and the cove is Mendocino's most popular abalone-and-kayak launch.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 39.273, -123.79