Van Damme State Park
nearest town: Mendocino CA
part of: California State Parks
A State Park Campground in the North Coast region.
Number of visits: 1
GPS: 39.2759,-123.7874
Bathroom: yes • Water: yes
Always totally full and very crowded, but not tonight!
It's another little cove, the outlet of the Little River. State Beach on the west side of the road, campground and parking for the trails on the east side.
Up the canyon is the Fern Canyon Trail, a lovely hike with a lot of dramatic fallen redwoods and tall pines. The canyon is very steep and the soil is slippery so at some point they just have to fall.
The beach is rocky, but it's a cool anyway.
A self contained vehicle like mine can pay the $45/43 fee and park in the beach parking lot
Notes on each visit (posted cost • senior cost):
Parking for Site 14 is at the end of a three car row.
Backing in with my door faces away from the others, it's a nice spot.
The very nice ranger told me about the beach parking option but I decided to stick with my spot and walk to the beach, ... which I did twice, to catch the waxing moon at different places.
My neighbor ran his fucking noisy generate a couple of times. I was really bummed, but turns out he didn't run it for very long so it wasn't too bad.