I don't know why, but i love those old rough paved and dirt roads.
My knees hate me but the dirt biker in me won't die.
My knees hate me but the dirt biker in me won't die.
2021 Pashnit Touring on a Hayabusa
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This big rock is known as Sugarloaf Island
This point is known as Cape Mendocino and there used to be a lighthouse here up the hill to the right. What's left of the lighthouse lens is now on display in Shelter Cove.
Worried about early morning fog, I had even checked the fog report as to what to expect. It's 8am on a Sunday and I still haven't seen one other car/person in the last hour. Wee hazy but I'll take it.
Amazing view from here along Mattole Rd of the ocean. That rock out there is known as Steamboat Rock for obvious reason. It looks like a boat!
This point is known as Cape Mendocino and there used to be a lighthouse here up the hill to the right. What's left of the lighthouse lens is now on display in Shelter Cove.
Worried about early morning fog, I had even checked the fog report as to what to expect. It's 8am on a Sunday and I still haven't seen one other car/person in the last hour. Wee hazy but I'll take it.
Amazing view from here along Mattole Rd of the ocean. That rock out there is known as Steamboat Rock for obvious reason. It looks like a boat!
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But there's always a catch.
Mattole Rd is a 50-mile loop. It's long, and the pavement is bumpy and pour quality for the duration.
And.... the ocean section is a mere 7 miles, that isn't long. Some have even described this road as an ordeal. But I love the remoteness, the zero people, and the endless twisty.
But sometimes, the stars align and you get great weather and great photos along Mattole Rd
Mattole Rd is a 50-mile loop. It's long, and the pavement is bumpy and pour quality for the duration.
And.... the ocean section is a mere 7 miles, that isn't long. Some have even described this road as an ordeal. But I love the remoteness, the zero people, and the endless twisty.
But sometimes, the stars align and you get great weather and great photos along Mattole Rd
As you pull away from the ocean, Mattole Rd flips over several ridgelines and drops into these very remote valleys. No major roads, and the 'town' is super tiny. Petrolia is the first one you come to.
California's first drilled oil wells producing crude to be refined and sold commercially were located on the North Fork of the Mattole River approximately three miles east of here. The old Union Mattole Oil Company made its first shipment of oil from here in June 1865 to a San Francisco Refinery. Many old well heads remain today.
California's first drilled oil wells producing crude to be refined and sold commercially were located on the North Fork of the Mattole River approximately three miles east of here. The old Union Mattole Oil Company made its first shipment of oil from here in June 1865 to a San Francisco Refinery. Many old well heads remain today.
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