MendocinoHoliday - Sights & Recreation
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State Parks for Hiking & Camping
- Hendy Woods - Philo - Very nice walk among very large redwoods
- VanDamme - Little River - Nice walk upstream with ferns, redwoods, & "pygmy" ecology.
- Big River Beach - Mendocino - Newly acquired with large watershed & beautiful lagoons & beach
- Mendocino Headlands - Mendocino
- Russian Gulch State Park - Mendocino
- Jughandle State Reserve - Caspar
- MacKerricher - Cleone (just north of Fort Bragg) - Very large Park with miles of beach walking.
- Tidepools - Use great caution against rogue waves
Interesting Places
- Wineries - Anderson Valley
- Handley, Navarro, Greenwood Ridge, Husch, Goldeneye
- Scharffenberger, Roederer(Champagne)
- Mendocino Art Center - Mendocino
- Pt. Cabrillo Lighthouse - Mendocino
- Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens - Fort Bragg
- Guest House Museum - Fort Bragg
Activities
- Walking/Hiking
- Observation of Nature - Birds, Seals, Trees, Crashing Waves, Sunsets
- Fishing/Diving - Salmon, Ling Cod, Crab, Albacore - Fort Bragg
- Riding the Skunk Train - Fort Bragg
Learning
- College of the Redwoods - Fort Bragg
- Mendocino Art Center
Being Entertained- Mendocino Theater Company
- Gloriana Opera Company
- Opera Fresca
- Mendocino Music Festival (2 weeks in July)
- Caspar Inn (variety of R&R, Ethnic, etc)
- Numerous Individual Concerts (throughout the year)
- First Friday in Fort Bragg (Art Galleries have Openings)
- Second Saturday in Mendocino (Art Galleries have Openings)
Note that these are personal observations, not influenced by advertising.
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