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Mendocino Headlands State Park
Managed by California Department of Parks and Recreation
286 acres5.9 mi of trail
Mendocino Headlands Bluff TrailMendocino Headlines Bluff TrailBig River Beach Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Mendocino
Mendocino, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 15% of Mendocino is conserved land, roughly 286 acres. There are about 6.7 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mendocino Headlands State Park (5.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Mendocino, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Mendocino outdoors
Conserved land
15%
286 of 1,928 acres
Trails
6.7 mi
2.2 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Friendship Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Mendocino Rotary Park
Park
1 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Kelley House Museum & Research Center
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Beaches in Mendocino
Big River BeachIn Mendocino Headlands State Park
Portuguese Beach
Unnamed beach
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 0.7 miUnpaved 4.0 mi
- Mendocino Headlands Bluff Trail2.6 mi
- Big River Beach Trail0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
286 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball2
- Soccer1
- Football1
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Mendocino
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Park 286 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendocino Headlands State ParkState Park | State parks | 286 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Emmy Lou Packard PlaqueIn Mendocino Headlands State Park · Plaque
Mendocino and Headlands Historic DistrictDistrict
Evergreen CemeteryCemetery
Hillcrest CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Mendocino's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.