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The earliest known human settlement of this site was by the Native American Coast Miwok and Pomo tribes.

As early as 1849 archaeological discoveries were recorded in the vicinity, and to date several prehistoric kitchen middens and other types of tribal habitation finds have been made.

Goat Rock Beach is part of the Mexican land grant rancho Bodega.

The Russians are thought to have begun logging the old-growth forests directly above the coastal prairie in the early 19th century.