California, US

Bowling Ball Beach

Water Bodyocean
CountryUS
RegionCalifornia

Getting There

Nearest CitySea Ranch24.7 km
Airport (UKI)Ukiah Municipal Airport48.7 km

Safety & Conditions

Shark Incidents0recorded

Sand & Geology

Predicted regional compositionlithic-rich (volcanic/collisional terrane)
Q 15%
L 77%
QuartzFeldsparLithic

Modelled from GloPrSM v1.0.0 (IJ_QFL). Calibrated on river sand, not measured beach samples — treat as a regional signal, not a sand assay.

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Bowling Ball Beach is one of California's most distinctive and geologically significant beaches—a remote Mendocino Coast cove dominated by enormous spherical sandstone concretions ...

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