Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
art classes. This is also where to pick up the
Mendocino Arts Showcase
brochure, a
quarterly publication listing all the happenings and festivals in town.
Kelley House Museum
MUSEUM
11am-3pm
Thu-Tue Jun-Sep, Fri-Mon Oct-May)
With a research library and changing exhibits on early California and Mendocino, the 1861
museum hosts seasonal, two-hour
walking tours
for $10; call for times.
Kwan Tai Temple
TEMPLE
Peering in the window of this 1852 temple reveals an old altar dedicated to the Chinese
god of war. Tours are available by appointment.
Point Cabrillo Lighthouse
LIGHTHOUSE
11am-4pm Sat & Sun Jan & Feb, daily
Mar-Oct, Fri-Mon Nov & Dec)
Restored in 1909, this stout lighthouse stands on a 300-acre wildlife preserve north of
town, between Russian Gulch and Caspar Beach.
Guided walks
of the preserve leave at
11am on Sundays from May to September. You can also stay in the lighthouse keeper's
house and cottages which are now
vacation rentals
.
Activities
Wine tours, whale-watching, shopping, hiking, cycling: there's more to do in the area than
a thousand long weekends could accomplish. For navigable river and ocean kayaking,
launch from tiny Albion, which hugs the north side of the Albion River mouth, 5 miles
south of Mendocino.
Catch A Canoe & Bicycles Too!
CANOEING, KAYAKING
Comptche-Ukiah Rd; kayak & canoe rental adult/child from $28/14;
9am-5pm)
