Stillwater Cove Regional Park Beach(Stockhoff Creek Beach)

Stillwater Cove Regional Park Beach welcomes dogs on leash and offers many amenities, including restrooms, showers, trails, boat ramps, and a paid campground.

There are many fun activities at Stillwater Cove Regional Park Beach including scuba diving, camping, kayaking, canoeing, abalone diving, fishing, and picnicking. If you are looking for additional activities, there is a three-mile-long trail on the south side of the beach that leads to the historic one-room Fort Ross Schoolhouse Building.

Getting to Stillwater Cove Regional Park Beach is very easy – after you get off at 22455 Highway 1, turn east onto a road to reach a large paid day-use parking lot. After parking, you will need to follow a trail that crosses over the highway to a wide path that leads directly to the beach. There is another paid parking lot on the highway, but it has limited parking spots.

If you are looking for attractions near Stillwater Cove Regional Park Beach, you can drive 45 minutes to Bodega Marine Reserve, a natural and marine reserve that is spread across 362 acres and is a great vista point for taking Instagram-worthy pictures and viewing the North Pacific Ocean and Bodega Bay.  The Links at Bodega Harbour is an 18-hole oceanfront golf course featuring a golf shop, gallery, restaurant, yacht club, live music, and hosts many tournaments. The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center is dedicated to the works of Charles M. Schulz, creator of Peanuts comic strip, and is home to a three-and-a-half-ton sculpture depicting the evolution of Snoopy – a character in the comic, Schulz’s studio, and three rotating galleries. Another great attraction near Stillwater Cove Regional Park Beach is Elk Reserve, a national park that is an awesome destination for picnicking, camping, and watching Tule Elk, pelicans, seagulls, and cormorants.

If you get hungry, you can drive 30 minutes to many restaurants near Stillwater Cove Regional Park Beach.  The American restaurant-bar Coastal Kitchen serves burgers, sandwiches, soups, cocktails, beers, and has a long wine list.  Tomales deli + café is a vegetarian-friendly restaurant that offers breakfast, brunch, and lunch options. Another good restaurant near Stillwater Cove Regional Park Beach is Huria’s, a woodfired restaurant featuring NY-inspired pizza Napoletana, North African dishes, wine, and desserts.

If you are looking for a hotel near Stillwater Cove Regional Park Beach, you can drive 40 minutes to many nearby hotels. The 3-Star Bodega Bay Inn welcomes pets and features ocean view rooms, fire pits, and a sculpture garden. If you are looking for affordable hotels near Stillwater Cove Regional Park Beach, the 3-Star pet-friendly hotel Tomales Bay Resort & Marina offers a pool and kayaking, biking, canoeing, and hiking tours – and the 2-Star Bodega Harbor Inn is a pet-friendly hotel.