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Anchor Bay
Beach, officially "Fish Rock Beach," viewed
from the top of the trail to town. The farthest end is known locally as "Chicken
Cove" and is where most of the boat launching of the
smaller car tops and inflatables takes place. Learn about fishing
Anchor Bay style. In the mid-to-late 1800s timber products from the surrounding
forests were loaded onto closely moored schooners by means of a slide or apron chute. Our History Page has the story. |
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Chicken
Cove is sheltered and is ideal for small boat launching, getting out of the wind, and tide pooling
during low tide. |
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Fish
Rock Creek exits the gulch beside the campground's
sea wall and often forms a small pond or lagoon. This is a favorite place for the younger
kids to play. The sea wall has four of our most popular
sites. |
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Sand In:
Anchor Bay's typical summer beach full of fluffy white sand. Anchor Bay Beach is a
seasonal beach in that the sand shifts in or out according to the change in seasonal weather conditions. |
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Sand Out:
Winter's toughest storms will strip the sand down to bedrock. Find driftwood, shells, and
that camera you lost last summer. Quinliven Rock is a 40-foot-high sea stack accessible at
very low tides. It is an excellent tide pool area year round. |
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Big Rocks
tower over your head on the winter beach, rocks that are buried by summer's deep sand.
Look for Jennie in the photo. The summer sand level is two feet above her head. |
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Sunrise Over Quinliven Rock |
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Winter Sunset Because Anchor Bay Beach faces south
the sun doesn't set over the ocean except during the winter when the sun is at its
furthest southern position. |
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Wintering Monarch Butterflies arrive in our area in the fall and will visit our blooming ivy vines at
times in large numbers. |
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A Calypso Orchid begins to push up through the redwood duff early spring. |
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Red Abalone
This 3-inch shell was found inside a Cabazon in our fish cleaning house. Red abalone are one of this coast's most precious resources. |
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Quinliven Tidal Area and a
glance back toward the campground. Learn about tides and tidal zones.
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The Anchorage at
Anchor Bay. One July night we saw 175 fishing boats anchored. Now that salmon are fewer,
we see only a few commercial boats in a whole season. |
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Sonoma & Mendocino County Line
is the Gualala River. A bridge crosses over and Highway One enters the "Redwood
Coast" at the town of Gualala. Anchor Bay is just 4 more miles north. |
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Rhododendrons are just
a few of the plants seen at the campground. The R. fragrantisima is as big as it
looks in this photo and the fragrance is as luscious. |
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A Giant Rock Wave sculptured by chemical erosion is but one of the beautifully striking
features on Fish Rock Island, approachable only by boat
or kayak. |
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