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Sinkyone Wilderness State Park is a
state park State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "Federated state, state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on accou ...
in
Mendocino County Mendocino County (; ''Mendocino'', Spanish language, Spanish for "of Antonio de Mendoza, Mendoza") is a County (United States), county located on the North Coast (California), North Coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United S ...
,
California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
. The wilderness area borders the
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to the west and the King Range National Conservation Area to the north. The nearest settlement is the unincorporated town of Leggett. The lack of major road and highway access has led to the Sinkyone Wilderness area being referred to as the Lost Coast.


History

The area takes its name from the native
Sinkyone The Eel River Athapaskans include the Wailaki, Lassik, Nongatl, and Sinkyone (Sinkine) groups of Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans that traditionally live in present-day Mendocino, Trinity, and Humboldt counties on or near ...
tribe of the area. It was a fertile hunting ground for the Native Americans, providing nearly constant access to fresh fish and meat from the ocean, especially important during the winter months. Further development through the years saw trails and roads cut through the area for business and industry, both for
logging Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport. It may include skidder, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or trunk (botany), logs onto logging truck, truckstanbark Tanbark is the Bark (botany), bark of certain species of trees, traditionally used for Tanning (leather), tanning Hide (skin), hides into leather. The words "tannin", "Tanning (leather), tanning", "Tan (color), tan," and "Tawny (color), tawny" a ...
for the
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tanneries. Logging operations continued well into the 20th century.


See also

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List of beaches in California This list of California beaches is a list of beaches that are situated along the coastline of the State of California, US. The information in this article draws extensively from the ''California Coastal Access Guide'', a comprehensive resource ...
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List of California state parks This is a list of parks, historic resources, reserves and recreation areas in the California State Parks system. List of parks See also * California State Beaches * List of California State Historic Parks * Parks in California *California Dep ...
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References


External links


State Parks webpage
State parks of California Parks in Mendocino County, California {{California-protected-area-stub