The One Place In Northern California That Must Be Seen To Be Believed
Don’t you love it when you get a closer look at something you think you know pretty well and it blows your mind? That’s how we felt when we examined this spot along the Northern California coastline. At first glance, it seems like a regular, beautiful, but not shocking, beach like the ones we’ve all been to a million times. We took a closer look, however, and what we found blew our minds!
There’s a 6,000 acre state park in Sonoma Called Salt Point State Park. It preserves about 6 miles of coastline and features about 20 miles of hiking trails.
Tafoni are honeycomb like crevices that are formed when the ocean water crystallizes in the sandstone. The salt crystals cause some parts of the stone to hardened and others to soften.
There's also some interesting things growing out of the water. We're not quite sure what this is or how it was formed, but it's pretty cool to look at!
Brush and grasslands cover the ground here and local land dwelling wildlife includes black-tailed deer, raccoons, coyotes, bobcats, gray foxes, badgers and skunks.
Does this place seem like it is well worth a visit or what? Tell us what you think of this spectacular little state park, whether you have traveled there or not!
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Jill is a freelance writer from a small Northern California town and lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains. If you have an idea for an Only In Northern California story, email her at jsanford@onlyinyourstate.com.