Mendocino National Forest
The Mendocino National Forest straddles the eastern spur of the Coastal
Mountain Range in northwestern California, just a three hour drive north
of San Francisco and Sacramento. Some 65 miles long and 35 miles across,
the Forest's one million acres of mountains and canyons offer a variety
of recreational opportunities- camping, hiking, backpacking, boating, fishing,
hunting, nature study, photography, and off highway vehicle travel. The
only one of California's 18 national Forests not crossed by a paved road
or highway, the Mendocino Forest is especially attractive to people seeking
an outdoor experience of tranquillity and solitude. The Forest, however,
is a working Forest as well as a recreation land, and resource activities
such as logging and mining do occur on both National Forest lands and private
inholdings in the Forest.
Elevations in the forest range from 750 feet in the Grindstone Creek Canyon
in the Sacramento Valley foothills on the Forest's eastern edge to the 8092
feet of South Yolla Bolly Mountain in the northern part of the Forest. The
average elevation is about 4000 feet.
All National Forests in the United States are administered by the Forest
Service, an agency of the United States Department of Forestry. The Pacific
Southwest Region, headquartered in San Francisco, directs the management
of the 18 National Forests in California.
For further information, contact:
Forest Supervisor
Mendocino National Forest
420 East Laurel Street
Willows, CA 95988
916-934-3316