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{{Short description|State recreation area in Mendocino County, California, United States}}
{{Infobox protected area 
| name = Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area
| iucn_category = 
| photo = 
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| map = USA California#USA
| location = [[Mendocino County, California]], United States
| nearest_city = [[Laytonville, California]]
| coordinates = {{coords|39|38|47|N|123|37|1|W|region:US-CA|display=inline, title}}
| area_acre = 45.22
| established = 1944
| visitation_num = 
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| governing_body = [[California Department of Parks and Recreation]]
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'''Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area''' is a state recreation area of [[California]], United States, featuring {{convert|45|acre|ha}} of [[Sequoia sempervirens|redwoods]] on the [[Eel River (California)|Eel River]].  It is located {{convert|14|mi|km}} west of [[Laytonville, California]], in [[Mendocino County, California|Mendocino County]].  The park is a popular spot for [[salmon]] and [[rainbow trout|steelhead]] fishing and also attracts [[hiking|hikers]] and [[picnic]]kers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=424|title=Admiral William Standley SRA|publisher=State of California|access-date=2011-04-04| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110303203242/http://www.parks.ca.gov//default.asp?page_id=424| archive-date= 3 March 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>

The park is named for Admiral [[William Standley]], who commanded the [[USS California (BB-44)|battleship ''California'']] from 1926 to 1927 and later the United States battle fleet at [[San Pedro, Los Angeles]], until appointed [[Chief of Naval Operations]] by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in 1933. After retiring in 1937, Standley was recalled to active duty in 1941 and served as United States ambassador to the [[Soviet Union]] from 1942 to 1943.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w8/william_h_standley.htm |title=William H. Standley |publisher=United States Navy |access-date=2011-04-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050213162447/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w8/william_h_standley.htm |archive-date=2005-02-13 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=424 Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area]

{{Mendocino County, California}}
{{Protected areas of California|SP}}
{{Eel River}}

[[Category:California State Recreation Areas]]
[[Category:Parks in Mendocino County, California]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1944]]
[[Category:1944 establishments in California]]


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