Mendocino National Forest Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
National forest in the United States
About Mendocino National Forest
The forest includes four wilderness areas: Lake Pillsbury is the largest recreational lake in the forest at 2,280 acres (9.2 km²) and offers boat ramps, camping and resorts. Letts Lake, southeast of Lake Pillsbury is 35 acres (140,000 m²) in size and has hiking trails, campgrounds and is close to trailheads into Snow Mountain Wilderness. Other lakes include Plaskett Lakes in the middle of the forest, Howard, Hammerhorn, Square and Long Lakes near Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness in the northern portion. The tule elk is one of the largest land mammals native to California, with cows weighing up to350lb (160kg), and the largest bulls weighing roughly 500 pounds. Hunted to near extinction during the state's gold rush era, the animals were reintroduced to the Lake Pillsbury Basin in the late
Mendocino National Forest Travel Guide Sections
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