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My Mendocino County Reels
Fort Ross, Sonoma County
A picnic spot worth the drive
Mendocino, California
The prettiest town in California?
Heritage House Resort, Little River
Heritage House, right above the cove
Mendocino County, California
A hotel in the redwood forest
Mendocino County, California
A redwood forest Airbnb
Mendocino County, California
A scenic railway through the redwoods
Albion, Mendocino County
An oceanfront Airbnb in Albion
Mendocino Coast, California
Harbor House Inn, above a private cove
Russian Gulch State Park
Russian Gulch and its sea cave
Luna Trattoria, Mendocino County
Northern Italian, from family recipes
Mendocino, California
Brewery Gulch Inn, above the coast
Brewery Gulch Inn, Mendocino
A redwood lodge with postcard windows
Mendocino Headlands, California
Ocean-view cottages at Sea Rock Inn
Mendocino Coast, California
The Stanford Inn, forest by the sea
About Mendocino County
Top Places To See or Explore
- The Headlands
- Russian Gulch
- Van Damme caves
- Montgomery Woods
- Mendocino Village
- Best time to go:
- May to October (clearest in September)
- Getting there:
- About 3.5 hours from San Francisco up Highway 1
Planning a Trip to Mendocino County
Three hours past the Golden Gate and the coast empties out. Mendocino is clapboard houses on a bluff, sea caves underneath, and redwoods ten minutes inland.
What to Do in Mendocino County
Loop the headlands trail around the village
Blowholes and sea arches the whole way round the bluff.
Kayak the sea caves at Van Damme
Guided trips run out of Little River in the calm months.
Cross the Punch Bowl at Russian Gulch
A collapsed sea cave you look straight down into.
Drive inland to the redwoods at Montgomery Woods
Thirty slow miles east to one of the quietest groves in the state.
Common Questions About Mendocino County
- When is the best time to visit Mendocino County?
- May to October (clearest in September).
- How do you get to Mendocino County?
- About 3.5 hours from San Francisco up Highway 1.
- Where should you stay in Mendocino County?
- Good bases are Mendocino Village, Little River, Fort Bragg and Elk. The places I'd book first are Sea Rock Inn, The Inn at Newport Ranch, Brewery Gulch Inn and Agate Cove Inn.
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