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Lost Coast Camping, NorCal The USA Lumber Company ran a big wood mill on this part of the redwood coast back in the early days. This camp's name gets shortened to USAL. Usal Beach Campground near Shelter Cove, California This idyllic prime yet primitive, hard-to-reach beach campground is tucked well away from the crowds along the Pacific Coastal Hwy 1.  The region is California BLM land King Range National Conservation Area, or better known as the Lost Coast of California ... a famous stretch of wilderness coastline in between Mendocino and the Humboldt Redwoods. Dense forests and steep terrain located on the county line of Mendocino & Humboldt. Sinkyone Wilderness State Park is nearby. Usal Camp is the only place for drive-up car camping on the beach front in Northern Cal. All other developed camps in the area are located further inland (with forested surroundings), or backpacking, hike-in primitive campsites. Usal Campground on Usal Creek , has several idyllic se...

2018 Mendocino Complex Fire Ranch Fire + River Fire = Mendo Complex 459,123 Acres burned 280 structures destroyed 1 death Mendocino County Lake County Glenn County Colusa County Communities evacuated for this fire:  Lakeport, Kelseyville , Lucerne , Upper Lake, Nice , Saratoga Springs, Witter Springs, Potter Valley, Finley, parts of Hopland , and the tribal communities of Hopland Rancheria and Big Valley Rancheria.  Camped in Mendocino Forest for the first time in spring 2018;  Wildfire may have wiped out this lush forested area a few months later. Areas affected by this wildfire: CA SR 20 (Highway 20) Mendocino National Forest  Snow Mountain Wilderness Indian Valley Reservoir Black Butte River Eel River Anderson Creek Clover Creek Cold Creek Corbin Creek Stony Creek Anderson Ridge Bartlette Springs Barkerville Blue Slides Ridge Elk Mountain Gibson Ridge Goat Mountain Hull Mountain Letts Lake Pacific Ridge Scotts Creek Road South Cow Mountain...