MacKerricher has a total of four campgrounds. Family Campsites and Group camps can be reserved through Reserve America. Walk-in campsites, a total of 10, are on a first come, first serve basis.
In the photograph above is an image of the trestle bridge which is a part of the historic Haul Road that joins different parts of Mackerricher State Park, from Pudding Creek to Ten Mile Bridge. The Ten Mile Coastal Trail Foundation was created to help maintain the road and trestle and is currently re-constructing the bridge. Click here to find out more about the foundation.
The Park is the only one in the park system that was at one time part of the Mendocino Indian Reservation. It is the only park unit that was part of the Union Lumber Company's vast timber and shipping holdings in northern Mendocino County. A small, independent logging and shipping operation began here, then was absorbed by the larger corporation. MacKerricher, known historically as Cleone, thus followed a pattern common to many of the small areas in the region.
The park was officially opened in 1952; land was added along the Ten Mile beach until 1977, when the park contained more than 1,530 acres.
