King Range National Conservation Area is 60,000 acres managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The area was established in 1970. It's a vast, unspoiled area rich in wildlife and birds, with hiking trails, primitive campsites and developed campgrounds. A rare black sand beach stretching north 25 miles begins in
Shelter Cove, passing by jagged mountains that rise sharply from sea level to the 4,087-foot high King's Peak. The Lost Coast Trail, a National Recreation Trail, starts at the
Mattole River mouth in
Petrolia, heads south into
Sinkyone Wilderness State Park and ends 52 miles later at Usal Beach.
From Weott, the road to Honeydew and Petrolia leads you through Humboldt Redwoods State Park, into beautiful countryside lush with madrone and tanoak by the waters of the Mattole River, eventually taking you by cattle rangeland and beaches along the Pacific Ocean and into Ferndale.
