Russian Gulch State Park

Russian Gulch State Park on the Mendocino coast preserves a rugged shoreline, forested gulch, and traces of the region’s maritime and logging history. Named for Russian fur trappers linked to Fort Ross, the area later served schooners loading coast redwood lumber and passengers, and remnants of rope systems and a shingle mill site still mark that past. Some land was farmed before developer F. O. Warner acquired property in the mid-1920s for a planned resort. A preservation effort begun in 1928 instead secured state and local support, and the park was established in 1933. Its headlands, trails, beach, blowhole, bridge, and waterfall have continued to depend on public backing.

California · United States