A small, secluded community at Point Delgado on California's "Lost Coast."
Where the gently sloping land touches the great Pacific Ocean, surrounded by
the magnificent King Mountain Range. One of California's wilderness
regions that few visitors see. It is bypassed by the major
highway on the North Coast and thereby spared.
development except for this one small
newly developing hamlet.
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Shelter Cove has a long and intriguing history. An early mention is found in an
1855 article in the Humboldt Weekly that called it the best harbor on the
coast, "with 20,000 acres of level prairie land surrounding the bay
and gently ascending lands covered with spruce, pine, redwood.
Its setting is a grassy headland on one of the few flat
areas along the King Range. The community is surrounded by parts
of the King Range National Conservation Area with its 30 mi
restricted-access coastline and is home to the Cape
Mendocino Lighthouse and gateway to Sinkyone
Wilderness Area, with these activities:
activities
camping -hiking, whale watching, fishing, boating, beach combing, tide pooling,
abalone diving, surfing, swimming, charter boats and a 9 hole golf course
with ocean views (707) 986 1464. The Shelter Cove Airstrip - daylight
with 3400-ft. runway, (707) 986-1197 or 986-7000 for weather info.
fishing:
Fishermen are drawn to Shelter Cove for its deep sea salmon fishing, ling and
rock cod, red and black snapper, abalone, crab and shellfish. Surf fishing
for perch and rock fish is good & surf netting is possible @ Dead Man's
Creek & the cove beach. Boats can be launched at a ramp in the cove.
In calm water, skindiving and abalone picking are good. Contact
Shelter Cove Sport Fishing for great fishing charters.
hiking
Good hiking trails and pack-in camps are found in the mountains surrounding
the cove, including a trail to Kings Peak (highest point on the U.S.
continental shoreline with an elevation of 4,086 feet. There is
also the Lost Coast Trail which follows the beach from the
cove to the mouth of the Mattole River, 21 miles north.
Many points along the trail are only passable at
low tide, so bring a tide book. Trails and
campsites also exist in the Sinkyone
Wilderness State Park to the
south of Shelter Cove.
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directions:
Shelter Cove can be reached from exits on Highway 101 at Garberville or
Redway. From Redway, take the Briceland/Shelter Cove Road west toward
Whitethorn. After the Whitethorn turnoff is passed the road begins
to climb and then drops down to the coast.
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