Though the 640-acre park is in the heart of California's coast redwood country, the principal trees within the park are spruce, hemlock, pine, fur and red alder. In addition, the blooms of the blackberry, huckleberry, thimbleberry, and salmonberry bushes bring color and fruit to the meadows. The shoreline ranges from broad sandy beaches to sheer cliffs that rise high above the sea.
Several trails wind down the cliffs to the beaches and coves.
There is a 2-mile rim trail along the bluffs. The Yurok had a seasonal camp at Abalone Point in the park. Though the Yuroks lived in permanent villages north and south of the park, they came here in the summer to harvest fish, mussels, sea lions and other game. A reconstructed Yurok village is open to the public. Black-tailed deer are a common sight along the bluffs and in the meadows, especially at sunup and sundown.