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Bowling Ball Beach is a part of
Bowling Ball Beach - Point Arena Merchant's Association
Bowling Ball Beach - Atlas Obscura
Bowling Ball Beach Mendocino - Weekend Sherpa
Bowling Ball Beach is a part of Schooner Gulch State Beach
Schooner Gulch State Beach is a public beach located in Mendocino County, California. It is located approximately 50 miles northwest of Santa Rosa. The park is famous for Bowling Ball Beach, where visitors can view natural spherical sandstone con ...
, in Mendocino County, California
Mendocino County (; ''Mendocino'', Spanish for "of Mendoza) is a county located on the North Coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 91,601. The county seat is Ukiah.
Mendocino County consists whol ...
, in the United States. It is named for the spherical sandstone concretion
A concretion is a hard, compact mass of matter formed by the precipitation of mineral cement within the spaces between particles, and is found in sedimentary rock or soil. Concretions are often ovoid or spherical in shape, although irregular ...
s found there at low tide.
See also
* Caspar Headlands State Beach *Glass Beach (Fort Bragg, California)
Glass Beach is a beach adjacent to MacKerricher State Park near Fort Bragg, California, named from a time when it was abundant with sea glass created from years of dumping garbage into an area of coastline near the northern part of the town. It ...
* Greenwood State Beach
Greenwood State Beach, also known as Elk Beach, is a state-protected beach of California, United States. It is located in the unincorporated village of Elk in Mendocino County. It is located about north of Point Arena on Highway 1. The park ...
* Moeraki Boulders
References
Bowling Ball Beach - Point Arena Merchant's Association
Bowling Ball Beach - Atlas Obscura
Bowling Ball Beach Mendocino - Weekend Sherpa
External links
* Beaches of Mendocino County, California Beaches of Northern California {{MendocinoCountyCA-geo-stub