The Mendocino Coast Glove Box Guide
Lodgings, Eateries, Sights, History, Activities, and More, Third Edition
by Bob Lorentzen
Hot off the press! Brand new third edition.
Our bestselling guide to the scenic and cultural treasures of the Mendocino coast has been thoroughly revised and updated for the first time in six years in this authoritative new third edition.
The text weaves local history and anecdote with road notes to chronicle in loving detail the journey as well as the destinations. Each of the coast's dozen communities is richly described in its own section, providing everything visitors might want to know, with gateway towns also detailed.
No other book provides this depth of listings for lodgings and food, plus things to do and see. The third edition greatly expands the coverage of the Anderson Valley wine country and gateway towns as well as updates the multitude of changes to this wonderful travel destination.
256 pages, 5-½" x 8-½", full-color cover, 60 historical photographs, illustrations, 8 maps, index. ISBN 0-939431-29-7 Ętrade paper
Price: 17.50
From the back cover:
The Mendocino Coast is among the world's most scenic coastlines.
The Glove Box Guide leads you along this marvelous coast and through the Anderson Valley wine region and six gateway towns, sharing years of local knowledge. Can you afford to visit the Mendocino Coast without it?
“An indispensable companion to the heart and soul of Northern California.”
—Bookpaper
“An elixir for the imagination... a long, deep breath of the remote and the beautiful.”
—Wine Country Living Magazine (formerly Appellation)
“It's the best guide book I have ever read... ever!”
—Peter Fearey, lnnkeeper; The Inn at Schoolbouse Creek
The only complete guide to this exceptional destination. All accommodations plus fascinating history and lore, sightseeing tips and activities, all parks and campgrounds, performing arts, galleries and shops, museums and historic sites, gardens, guided tours, easy walks, back roads and more.
OVER 12,000 COPIES SOLD
Bob Lorentzen has lived in Mendocino County for more than 29 years. His Hiker's hip pocket Guides have set a new standard of excellence for trail guides. Bob began writing and publishing in 1986 because the regional books people wanted were not being done. The Mendocino Coast Glove Box Guide, already a regional bestseller, is one of Lorentzen's eight books about the California Coast.
Cover photographs ©John Birchard
From the Table of Contents:
Preface to the Third Edition 11
INTRODUCTION
Wherever You Go On The Mendocino Coast, There You Are 13
How This Guide Works For You 14
MAP: The Mendocino Coast 15
Planning Your Visit 16
Getting to the Mendocino Coast 18
Public Transportation To and Around the Mendocino Coast 20
MAP: Northwestern California 21
Ancient History Of The Mendocino Coast 23
THE MENDOCINO COAST: Highway One
1. HIGHWAY ONE NORTH TO THE MENDOCINO COAST 27
MAP: Stewart's Point to Albion 35
Gualala 37
2. GUALALA TO POINT ARENA 49
Anchor Bay 52
Point Arena 56
3. POINT ARENA TO ELK 63
Manchester 65
Elk/Greenwood 72
4. ELK TO ALBION 79
Albion 87
5. ALBION TO MENDOCINO 93
MAP: Albion to Fort Bragg 95
Little River 96
Mendocino 105
MAP: Mendocino 115
6. MENDOCINO TO FORT BRAGG 137
Caspar 139
Fort Bragg 143
MAP: Fort Bragg 145
7. FORT BRAGG TO WESTPORT 171
MAP: Fort Bragg to Leggett 173
Cleone 175
Westport 182
8. WESTPORT TO LEGGETT 187
Leggett 195
9. HIGHWAY 128 TO HIGHWAY ONE—58 MILES 199
MAP: Anderson Valley & Vicinity 201
Yorkville 202
ANDERSON VALLEY 204
Boonville 204
Philo 209
Navarro 214
10. HIGHWAY 20 TO HIGHWAY ONE—33 MILES 217
Willits 218
11. BACK ROADS OF THE MENDOCINO COAST 223
APPENDICES
COAST MEDIA 229
CAMPGROUNDS SOUTH TO NORTH 230
VACATION HOME RENTALS 232
FURTHER READING 233
PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS 236
INDEX 238
ABOUT BORED FEET 244
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