Mendocino Lake - Watchable Wildlife - Credits: Laura L. Smith

Mendocino Lake

Lake Mendocino offers many recreational opportunities including over 300 campsites, with boat-in camping and 15 miles of hiking and biking trails. Some of the trails are in the 700-acre wilderness area, where native wildlife can be viewed. There are five large day-use areas with covered picnic shelters and barbeques. For on-the-water fun, there is boating, swimming and water skiing Fishing for large and small mouth bass, strippers, crappie, blue gill and three varieties of catfish is a popular activity.

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Directions

From Ukiah, 3 miles north on US 101, then east on Lake Mendocino Drive.