Big River Beach at Mendocino Headlands State Park — Attraction in Fort Bragg

This is more for locals or place to bring the kids for a short period of fun. The public restrooms are inland so if you get out to sea side you better be in good shape to make it back to porta-potti for relief. It does have a great stretch of beach that comes inland up big river to allow something for everyone even a state bath room made of cinder block and a hole in the ground you know what I'm saying but it beats the bush anyway. The people are cool and friendly have a grip on life and can have a conversation with anyone outside the main stream I think down to earth but I don't know nothing. I enjoyed 2.5 hours here looking at creative landscape and listening to peace only the earth can provide 😌....lovely is how I would describe it in...

This beach turned out to be the savior of the day for our beach day of our trip. The variety of chilling near Big River or near the Pacific was fantastic and we did both. The sand was nice and smooth, not very rocky at all. The water near the river shore was pretty gentle and the kids were able to do some wading (although I don’t know how far the sand goes till the drop off so we only allowed them to go ankle deep). The water at the ocean shore was pretty turbulent though so we didn’t wade there. There was however a ton of sand fleas hopping around eating a ton of small dead crustaceans all along the shore. The port a potty was atrocious by the way. All in all a great beach to...

Travelers along the pacific coast could hardly ask for a more photogenic place: from the canopy of sequoias to the tendrils of mist to the high cliffs and jutting rocks to the confluence of the river and the ocean, this place is pure optic confection. There are playful seals in abundance. The picturesque community of Mendocino lies just beyond the cliff tops. Here you can have a memorable picnic at one of the firepits, walk the dog along the trails or let the dog gambol off leash, you can kayak, paddleboard, or surf, and you can collect driftwood to your heart's content. This...