MacKerricher State Park (SP)
United States / Fort Bragg, California
Location ID: #7650
MacKerricher State Park offers a variety of habitats; beach, bluff, headland, dune, forest and wetland. Tidepools are along the shore. Seals live on the rocks off the park’s Mendocino coast. More than 90 species of birds visit or live near Cleone Lake, a formal tidal lagoon. During winter and spring, the nearby headland provides a good lookout for whale watching. The park is popular with hikers, joggers, equestrians and bicyclists. Fishing is also popular, with trout in two fresh-water lakes. The park has a wheelchair accessible nature trail.
Location Category:
- NATURAL LANDSCAPES / PARKS - *;
- NATURAL LANDSCAPES / PARKS - Sand Dunes;
- NATURAL LANDSCAPES / PARKS - State Parks;
- TRANSPORTATION - *;
- TRANSPORTATION - Bridges;
- TRANSPORTATION - Bridges - Pedestrian Bridges;
- WATER & COASTAL AREAS - *;
- WATER & COASTAL AREAS - Beaches / Coastline;
- WATER & COASTAL AREAS - Coastal Bluffs;
- WATER & COASTAL AREAS - Coastal Dunes