Location: County: Mendocino. Nearest City: Philo.
Campsites, facilities: There are 92 sites for tents
or RVs up to 35 feet long. Piped water, flush toilets, showers,
a sanitary disposal station, picnic tables, and fire grills are
provided. A grocery store and a propane gas station are available
nearby. The facilities are wheelchair accessible. Leashed pets
are permitted.
Reservations, fees: Reserve by phoning 1-800-444-PARK/7275
($7.50 reservation fee); $14-$16 per night, $1 pet fee.
Contact: Phone the park at 1-707-937-5804 or 1-707-865-2391,
or FAX 1-707-937-2953.
Hendy Woods SP
P.O. Box 440
Mendocino CA 95460
Operating hours, seasons: Call the park for information;
open all year round.
Park Kiosk Hours:
Directions: From Cloverdale on U.S. 101, turn northwest
on Highway 128 and drive about 35 miles to Philo Greenwood Road.
Turn left (west) on Philo Greenwood Road and drive a short distance
to the park entrance.
Weather, clothing: The weather can be changeable; layered
clothing is recommended.
Trip notes: Hendy Woods State Park features two virgin
redwood groves; Big Hendy (80 acres, with a self-guided discovery
trail) and Little Hendy (20 acres.) The Navarro River runs the
length of the park. Fishing has not been allowed in
the park for several decades. Fishing is permitted in
the Navarro River watershed down river from the bridge at the
park entrance. Located in the middle of the Anderson Valley wine
district, the 845-acre park is warmer and less foggy than redwood
parks along the coast. The park is well known for a fallen redwood
stump that was home for a man known locally as the Hendy Woods
Hermit. In the summer, swimming is popular as is kayaking and
canoeing in late winter and early spring. A wheelchair accessible
nature trail leads into the heart of Big Hendy grove. The park
also features exhibits, Junior Ranger nature walks, and campfire
programs. This is a remarkable setting where the flora changes
from open valley grasslands and oaks to a cloaked redwood forest
with old growth, as if you had waved a magic wand. The camps
are set in the forest, with a great trail routed amid the old
redwoods and up to the Hermit Hut, where a hobo made his home
for 18 years in a few giant tree stumps covered with branches.
Note: It is illegal to fish in the park's river.
© 2001, Miwok Lodge 439, Order of the
Arrow, Santa Clara County Council Inc., BSA
Revision 1.2
