Where is point arena california

Signs often are posted providing information about the Laysan Albatross. Its breeding grounds are on the Hawaiian Islands, but it migrates to Point Arena coast some 2,5oo miles distance. The hotel is set into the hill, providing views of the Pacific Ocean and the wharf area. There is also a restaurant where you can eat. If you're spending the night, check in and then go explore the town where you can shop in non-chain stores, enjoy the architecture over years old seen in churches and local buildings, and drive over to the lighthouse.

Point Arena Lighthouse is open daily subject to change, providing tours and admission for a small fee. There's a museum, tide pool aquarium, nature trail and gift store where you can pick purchase souvenirs.

Signs on the road warn of raccoons, and indeed, you'll often see the scavengers during your visit. There are not the shy guys, but are hungry and hopeful that humans will throw them a crumb or two. Point Arena has around people and though the town seems remote and out of the way, it's amazing how lucky these people are.

They have beautiful beaches outside the doors of their homes or just blocks away, and there are lush fields, meadows and beautiful landscapes that inspire. The beaches you must see during your visit are Schooner Gulch State Beach at the end of Schooner Gulch Road 3 miles south of town where the road forks and you can also access Bowling Ball Beach named for the massive rocks eroded by the ocean to appear like large balls. Bowling Ball Beach is sometimes closed due to erosion.

You can check out conditions at parks. Point Arena got its name from a Spanish term which means 'sandbar'. It was actually called Barra de Arena which has later transformed into the name Point Arena.

Fort Bragg , 45 miles. California Highway 1 runs along the north California coast for miles, from Bodega Bay in the south, near Point Reyes , all the way to Rockport, until the high cliffs of the Lost Coast force the road inland. For all this distance the road is never more than a mile from the Pacific except for a short section around Point Arena , where the route moves away from the ocean for a few miles, to avoid an area of sand dunes and the lower end of the Garcia River.

The point is a narrow, grassy promontory formed by orange-brown cliffs of unusual tilted and eroded sandstone, 60 feet above sea level, and is guarded by the historic Point Arena Lighthouse , in operation since ; a previous model was destroyed by an earthquake in April , this being very close to the San Andreas Fault. The cliffs recede just north of the point, giving way to a long, usually deserted sandy beach, part of nearby Manchester State Park , but the promontory is more scenic and interesting, because of the fascinating rock formations, which include terraces, arches, caves, coves and sea stacks, all formed of thin-layered sandstone angled at up to 70 degrees.

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