McLaughlin Natural Reserve | |
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US state of California | |
Location | 26775 Morgan Valley Rd |
Nearest city | Lower Lake, California |
Coordinates | 38°52′26″N 122°25′54″W / 38.87389°N 122.43167°W[1] |
Area | 7,050 acres (28.5 km2) |
Established | 1993 |
Governing body | University of California, Davis |
The Donald and Sylvia McLaughlin Natural Reserve is a 7,050-acre (28.5 km2) University of California Natural Reserve System reserve in the Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Area, in Napa and Lake counties of California. The site is owned by the Homestake Mining Company, and is the site of the now-closed McLaughlin Mine.
The nature reserve protects California interior chaparral and woodlands habitat, in the Northern Inner California Coast Ranges.