page_title: Mendocino, California
section_title: Local state parks
hierarchical_section_title: Mendocino, California / Local state parks
caption_attribution_description: English: Jug Handle Creek Bridge, Jug Handle State Natural Reserve, Mendocino County, California, USA
context_page_description: Mendocino is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, United States. Mendocino is located 9.5 miles south of Fort Bragg, at an elevation of 154 feet. The population of the census-designated place was 894 at the 2010 census, up from 824 at the 2000 census. The town's name comes from Cape Mendocino, named by early Spanish navigators in honor of Antonio de Mendoza, Viceroy of New Spain. In turn, the etymology of Mendoza is "cold mountain."
  Despite its small size, the town's scenic location on a headland surrounded by the Pacific Ocean has made it extremely popular as an artist colony and with vacationers.
context_section_description: Mendocino Headlands State Park
  Mendocino Woodlands State Park
  Russian Gulch State Park
  Point Cabrillo Light Station
caption: Jughandle Creek bridge
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