Website:http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=436 (State Park Website)http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/436/files/MacKerricherSPFinalWebLayout073117.pdf (Park Brochure)https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=27788 (MacKerricher SMCA, Ten Mile Estuary SMCA, Ten Mile Beach SMCA, Ten Mile SMR)
Description:Ten Mile Beach is the long stretch of coastline at Inglenook Fen Ten Mile Dunes Preserve in MacKerricher State Park. The beach, which is actually about four miles long, starts at the north end of Main Beach and continues all the way to Ten Mile Creek just south of Seaside Beach. Between these two points is a vast dunes structure that is almost a mile wide. A rough path (an old paved “Haul Road”) used to follow the back of the beach where hikers and horseback riders could travel without damaging the dunes and protected plants and animal habitats. This crumbling old path is being removed by the state to restore the dunes habitat. This makes travel through the dunes difficult, but the beach coastal trail will remain. There is a parking lot at the south end of the beach on Ward Avenue and one at the north end just off Highway 1 at Ten Mile River Bridge. This might be the ultimate beachcombing beach for hardy souls who brave the common cool windy conditions here. About a mile north of the Ward Ave parking lot is a wetlands area known as Sandhill Lake which makes a great bird-watching spot.
General Notes:updated 12.19.2017 sd / 2.1.2019 lm
Jurisdictions::CALIFORNIA FILM COMMISSION - CFC, MENDOCINO COUNTY FILM COMMISSION - FLICS
Within 30-Mile Zone: N
State Property: Yes
Closed/Vacant: No
GPS Source:Google Maps (interactive), x coordinate: 39.5019591, y coordinate: -123.7869623
Ownership: state
Filmography (Legacy projects not in Reel-Scout):"Summer of '42" (1971)
Contacts: Weisberg, Tracy *Visitor Services Program Manager, Sonoma Mendocino Coast District12301 N HWY 1, Fort Bragg, CA 95437 (707) 210-5345 Office Phone 1(707) 937.5804 Main Line Phone 2[email protected]
State Parks and Beaches, Permits Department,California Film Commission7080 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 900, Hollywood, CA 90028 USA323.860.2960 Phone 1800.858.4749 Phone 2[email protected]http://film.ca.gov/state-permits/parks-beaches/
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