- Location
- California
- Current protection
- King Range National Conservation Area (Bureau of Land Management); Sinkyone Wilderness State Park
- Status
- No active campaign
- Tier
- Tier 2 · National Monument
- In the book
- Not featured in Undiscovered America
Why should it be a National Park?
The Lost Coast is the longest stretch of undeveloped coastline in the lower 48, where the King Range rises 4,000 feet from the surf in only a few miles and the roads give up entirely. Black-sand beaches, elk, and old-growth forest meet the Pacific here.
The Park Service saw its potential in 1936. It remains one of the wildest coasts in America, and it deserves a place among the National Parks.
The history of National Park Campaigns
In 1936 the Park Service investigated a National Park or national seashore recreation area on the Mattole–Humboldt coast. Nothing came of it until 1970, when Congress created the King Range National Conservation Area under the Bureau of Land Management.
- Distinct National Park attempts
- 1 (1936 study)
- Other designation attempts
- 1 (1970 national conservation area)
Sources
- National Park Service, Study of a National Seashore Recreational Area: Mattole, Humboldt (1936)
- Wikipedia, List of proposed National Parks of the United States
- 1936
The Park Service studies the Mattole–Humboldt coast for a National Park or national seashore recreation area.
- October 21, 1970
Congress establishes the King Range National Conservation Area.