Location: County: Sonoma. Nearest City: Jenner.
Campsites, facilities: 20 primitive sites - no showers.
Please contact the park directly for detailed camping availability.
Reservations, fees: Call the park for information.
Contact: Phone the park at 1-707-847-3286. Web site:
www.mcn.org/ed/ross/gv.htm
Operating hours, seasons: Call the park for information;
open all year round.
Directions: The park is 12 miles north of Jenner on
Highway One.
Weather, clothing: The weather can be changeable; layered
clothing is recommended.
Trip notes: Fort Ross State Historic Park was established
in 1812 by Russians as an outpost for sea otter hunters and a
permanent trade base. It was the southernmost outpost of a Russian
presence in the Pacific Northwest. The Russians remained at Fort
Ross until sea otters became scarce in 1841. The holdings were
sold to John Sutter, who later became famous when gold was discovered
at his saw mill in the Sierra Nevada foothills. None of the original
fort structures remain, however several buildings have been reconstructed:
the first Russian Orthodox chapel south of Alaska, the stockade,
and three other buildings, including the Commander's House, which
contains exhibits of the Russian-American Fur Company and the
Russian occupation.
© 2001, Miwok Lodge 439, Order of the
Arrow, Santa Clara County Council Inc., BSA
Revision 1.2
