Doran Regional Park is a regional park

Regional park

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 south of Bodega Bay, California

Bodega Bay, California

Bodega Bay is a town and census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States. The population was 1,077 at the 2010 census. The town is on the eastern side of Bodega Harbor, an inlet of Bodega Bay on the Pacific coast....

, U.S.A.

United States

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 that is maintained by the Sonoma County Regional Parks Department. It covers an area of 127 acre (51 ha). It is located at 38.314°N 123.0428°W on the sand spit separating Bodega Harbor

Bodega Harbor

Bodega Harbor is a small shallow natural harbor on the Pacific coast of northern California in the United States, approximately 40 mi northwest of San Francisco...

 from Bodega Bay

Bodega Bay

Bodega Bay is a shallow, rocky inlet of the Pacific Ocean on the coast of northern California in the United States. It is approximately across and is located approximately northwest of San Francisco and west of Santa Rosa...

. The park address is 201 Doran Beach Road, Bodega Bay, CA.

Facilities and features

The park features a sandy beach (Doran Beach), a boat launch, picnic areas, and year-round camping. Other amenities include flush toilets and showers. Sea lion

Sea Lion

Sea lions are pinnipeds characterized by external ear-flaps, long fore-flippers, the ability to walk on all fours, and short thick hair. Together with the fur seal, they comprise the family Otariidae, or eared seals. There are six extant and one extinct species in five genera...

s can sometimes be heard barking from offshore.