McLaughlin Natural Reserve

McLaughlin Natural Reserve
Map showing the location of McLaughlin Natural Reserve
Map showing the location of McLaughlin Natural Reserve
US state of California
Map showing the location of McLaughlin Natural Reserve
Map showing the location of McLaughlin Natural Reserve
McLaughlin Natural Reserve (the United States)
Location26775 Morgan Valley Rd
Nearest cityLower Lake, California
Coordinates38°52′26″N 122°25′54″W / 38.87389°N 122.43167°W / 38.87389; -122.43167[1]
Area7,050 acres (28.5 km2)
Established1993
Governing bodyUniversity 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.

  1. ^ "LAT LONG NRS Reserves". Archived from the original on 2011-01-30. Retrieved 2009-11-18.