MacKerricher State Park, Cleone CA

Category & Type :

Recreation

Location :

Highway 1 , Cleone CA

Phone :

707-964-9112

Website :

http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=436

Information about MacKerricher State Park...

The Park is the only one in the park system that was at one time part of the Mendocino Indian Reservation. It is the only park unit that was part of the Union Lumber Company's vast timber and shipping holdings in northern Mendocino County. A small, independent logging and shipping operation began here, then was absorbed by the larger corporation. MacKerricher, known historically as Cleone, thus followed a pattern common to many of the small areas in the region. The park was officially opened in 1952; land was added along the Ten Mile beach until 1977, when the park contained more than 1,530 acres.