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View of the Russian River and the Russian River Valley showing the California State Route 1 bridge near Jenner The river provides groundwater recharge and a water supply for agriculture. [ 13 ] The river's floodplain includes many vineyards, and an area of the Russian River Valley was approved as an American Viticultural Area in 1983 and ...
The Native Sons of the Golden West began a drive to turn the area into a park in 1928, [2] and after funds were provided by A. Johnston, the county, and the state, the park was founded in 1933. [1] Russian Gulch was one of 70 state parks due for closure in 2012 due to state budget cuts. [7]
Two slower alternate routes are available: the Philo-Greenwood road connects Route 1 near Elk to Route 128 near Hendy Woods State Park, a few miles north of Philo; [3] another alternate route is the Comptche-Ukiah Road, which intersects Route 1 just south of the town of Mendocino and runs inland to Comptche, and departs Comptche on Flynn Creek ...
The East Fork Russian River is a 15 mi (24 km) long tributary of the Russian River in Mendocino County. [1] It drains the northeastern part of the Russian River basin. [2] The region has a Mediterranean climate. [3] The fork's watershed covers 67,073 acres (271.43 km 2). [4] The mouth elevation is about 623 ft (190 m) above sea level. [1]
SR 1 crosses Russian Gulch State Park on the Frederick W. Panhorst Bridge. SR 1 then crosses the Gualala River and enters Mendocino County. The highway enters the city of Point Arena, in which it becomes Main Street, before following School Street to the northwest and then becoming Shoreline Highway once again.
Potter Valley is a census-designated place [4] in Mendocino County, California, United States. [2] It is located 18 miles (29 km) north-northeast of Ukiah, [5] at an elevation of 948 feet (289 m) [2] at the headwaters of the East Fork Russian River. The CDP population was 665 at the 2020 census. [3]
The Frederick W. Panhorst Bridge, more commonly known as the Russian Gulch Bridge, is a reinforced concrete open-spandrel deck arch bridge on California State Highway 1, spanning Russian Gulch Creek in Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino County, California, United States. It is named after Frederick W. Panhorst, who served as the Chief of the ...
The Russian River, with its mouth at the north end of Goat Rock Beach, is Sonoma County's largest watercourse, both in flow rate and lineal extent. Immediately beyond the Russian River discharge to the Pacific Ocean is the coastal town of Jenner. North of the mouth of the Russian River is Jenner Beach.