Turn right onto Ocean Avenue from Main Street at the south end of Ferndale and travel towards the ocean. The Park provides access to 9 miles of ocean beach. Dairy farms back the wild beach to the north and steep cliffs are to the south. A large cross overlooks Centerville Beach. The cross memorializes travelers who died when a steamer sank offshore in 1860.
Sandpipers scurry along the water's edge and cormorants, gulls, and pelicans fly along the water.
Harbor seals can be seen peering curiously from the breakers. From mid-November to March, one of the largest coastal congregations of Tundra Swans can be found in the Eel River Bottoms north of Centerville Road. Founded in 1852, Ferndale is the western-most city in the continental United States. Its downtown has remained largely unchanged since the 1890's. Here you will find many well-preserved Victorian buildings.