Manchester State Park
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Location: County: Mendocino. Nearest City: Manchester. See map 5.
Campsites, facilities: 48 primitive sites - no showers. Please contact the park directly for detailed camping availability information.
Reservations, fees: Call the park for information.
Contact: Phone the park at 1-707-882-2463.
Manchester SP
P.O. Box 440
Mendocino CAOperating hours, seasons: Call the park for information; open all year round.
Park Kiosk Hours:
- Hi Season: Varies
- Lo Season: Varies
Directions: The park surrounds the town of Manchester; the beach entrance is 1/2 mile north of town on Highway One.
Weather, clothing: The weather can be changeable; layered clothing is recommended.
Trip notes: Manchester State Park has 760 acres of beach, dunes and flat grasslands. Five miles of gentle, sandy beach stretches southward towards the Point Arena Lighthouse. One of the main attractions is the excellent steelhead and salmon fishing in the park's two streams, Brush Creek and Alder Creek. The park features a variety of coastal wildflowers, including sea pinks, poppies, lupines, baby blue eyes and blue irises. The park provides habitat for tundra swans. The San Andreas Fault runs into the sea at the park.
Where to go Camping -M-3-
Miwok Lodge 439