Stone Lagoon

Stone Lagoon
Stone Lagoon viewed from the north
Stone Lagoon is located in California
Stone Lagoon
Stone Lagoon
LocationHumboldt County, California
Coordinates41°14′37″N 124°05′40″W / 41.24361°N 124.09444°W / 41.24361; -124.09444
Typelagoon
Primary inflowsMcDonald Creek
Primary outflowsPacific Ocean
Basin countriesUnited States
Max. length2.0 mi (3 km)[1]
Max. width0.7 mi (1 km)[1]
Surface elevationsea level

Stone Lagoon (Yurok language: Chah-pekw O'Ket-toh) is the second of three similar lagoons within Humboldt Lagoons State Park, along the coast of Humboldt County, California.

It is located between Trinidad to the south and Orick at the mouth of Redwood Creek to the north.

The lagoons are shallow bays between rocky headlands where coastal wave action has formed a sandy bar separating each lagoon from the Pacific Ocean. The lagoons are resting areas for migratory waterfowl using the Pacific Flyway between Lake Earl on the Smith River estuarine wetlands 40 miles (64 km) to the north and Humboldt Bay on the Mad River estuarine wetlands 30 miles (48 km) to the south.

  1. ^ a b Strand, Rudolph G. Geologic Map of California:Weed Sheet (1973) State of California Resources Agency