Mike Thompson Wildlife Area - Table Bluff County Park Beach

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants near Mike Thompson Wildlife Area - Table Bluff County Park Beach.  Ridgetop Cafe & Coffee Barn is a popular restaurant that has an outdoor dining area and offers amazing breakfast dishes and delicious American cuisine. Gill’s By The Bay is a popular restaurant that offers Instagram-worthy views and fresh local seafood including smoked salmon and clam chowder. If you are looking for another good and affordable restaurant near Mike Thompson Wildlife Area - Table Bluff County Park Beach, the modestly priced Cafe Waterfront offers fresh local seafood, steak, and sandwiches.

If you are looking for a hotel near Mike Thompson Wildlife Area - Table Bluff County Park Beach, there are many great nearby options. The 4-Star Gingerbread Mansion Inn offers fantastic Instagram-worthy views of the Eel River and also offers many amenities including a hot tub, a spa, a sauna, a garden with a sitting area, and complimentary breakfast and afternoon tea.  A more affordable hotel is the 3-Star Victorian Inn that offers many amenities including a restaurant, a bar, complimentary breakfast, a hot tub, a fitness center, and an indoor pool. If you are looking for another good and affordable hotel near Mike Thompson Wildlife Area - Table Bluff County Park Beach, the 2-Star Redwood Riverwalk Hotel has a bar, complimentary breakfast, and an indoor pool.

Mike Thompson Wildlife Area - Table Bluff County Park Beach does not have lifeguards, but it offers a few amenities including picnic tables and restrooms. Dogs are allowed on the beach on leash.

Mike Thompson Wildlife Area – Table Bluff County Park Beach offers many activities including wildlife viewing, horseback riding, fishing, paragliding, hang gliding, hiking, beachcombing, and beach driving. Water activities like surfing and swimming are highly unsafe in the water here because the water near this beach has extremely dangerous currents. If you are planning to fish in the water near Mike Thompson Wildlife Area – Table Bluff County Park Beach, please make sure to follow the local fishing regulations. You can also view many kinds of birds and animals in the area around this beach including waterfowl, ospreys, porcupines, and foxes. If you are planning to drive on this beach, we also recommend doing so during low tide as driving here can be extremely difficult during high tide.

Getting to Mike Thompson Wildlife Area - Table Bluff County Park Beach is easy - from United States Highway 101, take the Hookton Road exit, and follow Hookton Road west. Hookton Road will merge into Table Bluff Road, which will eventually lead to South Jetty Road. The free parking lot for Mike Thompson Wildlife Area – Table Bluff County Park is situated just near the point where South Jetty Road takes a slight right turn before continuing north along Humboldt Bay. From this parking lot, you can easily walk to the beach via a hiking trail.

There are many attractions near Mike Thompson Wildlife Area - Table Bluff County Park Beach. Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge is a federally protected wildlife area that offers many activities including hiking, wildlife viewing, hunting, canoeing, and kayaking. Fort Humboldt State Historic Park is a state park that has many historic and reconstructed buildings that offer a unique insight into the history of Northern California. This state park also has an interesting museum named Fort Museum that offers exhibitions displaying interesting logging machines. If you are looking for another attraction near Mike Thompson Wildlife Area - Table Bluff County Park Beach, Humboldt Botanical Garden has a wide and interesting variety of flowering plants including sunset gold, candy flower, pink crevice alumroot, rose glow, and Japanese barberry.