Caspar Headlands State Beach, State beach in Mendocino County, US.

Caspar Headlands State Beach is a coastal strand in Mendocino County bounded by two creeks and defined by towering rock cliffs. The shoreline combines sandy stretches with dramatic promontories that drop sharply into the ocean.

Logging in the Caspar area ended in 1955. In 1997 the village's main landowner put about 300 acres up for sale, including part of the beach; Caspar residents persuaded the San Francisco-based Trust for Public Land to step in, and the Mendocino Land Trust bought the adjoining beach in 1999. A California State Coastal Conservancy grant plus state and federal funds paid for the headlands in 2000, and the California Department of Parks and Recreation took ownership in June 2002, with State Senator Wesley Chesbro at the opening ceremony.

The beach takes its name from the village of Caspar, a logging settlement whose operations ended in 1955. In 2000 residents and the Mendocino Land Trust bought the headlands with a California State Coastal Conservancy grant and state and federal funds; the trust managed the land until California State Parks took over in June 2002, when State Senator Wesley Chesbro attended the opening ceremony.

A hiking trail established in 2011, part of the California Coastal Trail, links the beach to the Point Cabrillo Light one mile south. The shoreline borders miles of undeveloped beach beside the headlands, and the surf is exposed to open Pacific swell, so plan for wind and cold water.

The California Coastal Trail section opened here in 2011, linking the beach to Point Cabrillo Light one mile south. The land passed to the state in June 2002 after the Mendocino Land Trust bought the headlands in 2000 with a California State Coastal Conservancy grant and state and federal funds; State Senator Wesley Chesbro attended the opening ceremony.