Experience the California Coast A Guide to Beaches and Parks in Northern California

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Counties Included: Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Sonoma, Marin.

Contents

Introduction DEL NORTE COUNTY Oregon Border to Point St. George Smith River Area Crescent City Crescent City Harbor Crescent Beach to Lagoon Creek Klamath River South HUMBOLDT COUNTY Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park/Elk Meadow Redwood Creek to Big Lagoon Patrick's Point/Trinidad Little River State Beach to Arcata North Spit/Humboldt Bay Eureka South Spit/Humboldt Bay Eel River Valley South Mattole River/King Range Shelter Cove MENDOCINO COUNTY King Range/Sinkyone Wilderness State Park Westport to Seaside Creek Ten Mile River/MacKerricher State Park Fort Bragg Jug Handle State Reserve/Russian Gulch State Park Town of Mendocino Van Damme State Park to Navarro River Elk to Manchester State Beach Point Arena to Hearn Gulch Anchor Bay/Gualala SONOMA COUNTY Gualala Point Regional Park to Stewarts Point Salt Point to Ocean Cove Stillwater Cove to Russian Gulch Russian River/Willow Creek Sonoma Coast State Beach Bodega Bay MARIN COUNTY Tomales/Dillon Beach Tomales Bay/East Shore Point Reyes Station Inverness/Tomales Bay State Park Tomales Point/Point Reyes Lighthouse Limantour Beach/Olema/Bear Valley Bolinas Bolinas Lagoon/Stinson Beach Mount Tamalpais State Park/Muir Beach Marin Headlands FEATURES Caring for the Coast Redwood Forest Redwood National and State Parks Rivers and Streams Bays and Estuaries Geology of the Coast Cliffs and Bluffs Dunes Ponds and Lakes Pygmy Forest Colors of the Coast The Ocean Islands and Offshore Rocks Coastal Prairie Rocky Shore and Nearshore Waters Coastal Erosion Waves and Tides Cordell Bank and Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuaries San Andreas Fault Bishop Pine Forest Beaches Protecting Coastal Resources Afterword Acknowledgements Glossary Coastal Management Agencies Bibliography Index

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Biography

More than thirty years ago California voters approved an initiative that led to the creation of the California Coastal Commission. Later, the California Coastal Act of 1976 established the Commission as a permanent state agency with a mission to protect, maintain, and enhance the quality of the coastal environment. One of the Commission's principal goals is to maintain public access and public recreational opportunities along the coast in a way consistent with environmental preservation. Experience the California Coast: A Guide to Beaches and Parks in Northern California, created with these objectives in mind, will prove indispensable to anyone with a desire to explore the magnificent diversity of California's coast.