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Bodega
Bay Heritage Gallery
Fine art gallery
specializing in historic California and
American paintings from 1850 to 1950.
Traditional, American impressionist, desert,
and regionalist works. Vintage prints.
Custom framing. Open Wednesdays through
Sundays, 10am to 5pm and by appointment. Our
website has our extensive inventory and
monthly newsletters.
1785 Highway One Bodega Bay, CA 94923
707-875-2911 |
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Bodega Landmark Studio
Since 1978, the North
Coast's largest inventory by leading artists
and crafts people. Fine painting, sculpture,
etchings, photography, jewelry, glassware,
ceramics, woodwork, unique crafts, and
regional handmade gifts. Located on the
corner in historic Bodega, and established
by Lorenzo DeSantis. Open Thursday through
Monday 10:30am to 5:30pm, closed Tuesdays
and Wednesdays.
17255 Bodega Highway Bodega, CA 94922
707-876-3477 |
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Bodega Marine
Laboratory
The University of California Davis Bodega
Marine Reserve sits on wind-swept headlands
on California's north coast where a 362-acre
coastal reserve meets a state-protected
marine reserve. Volunteer docents give tours
to drop-in visitors on Fridays from 2pm-
4pm.
2099 Westside Road Bodega Bay, CA 94923
707-875-2211 |
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Cemetery
Trail
This hike explores one
of California’s most fascinating historic
idiosyncrasies: a Russian fur-hunting
settlement on the Sonoma Coast, dating back
nearly two hundred years. The fort stockade
has largely been restored to its original
appearance, with massive rough-hewn timber
walls and log buildings filled with
implements of the era. An excellent visitor
center and bookstore cover the rich history
admirably well. The hike leads from the fort
down to Fort Ross Cove, where the Russians
launched their furhunting expeditions, and
on up the creek to the settlement’s
cemetery. Contact the Fort Ross State
Historic Park Visitor's Center for more
information.
19005 Coast Highway One
Jenner, CA 95450
707-847-3286 General Information
707-847-4777 Educational Opportunities
707-847-3437 Fort Ross Interpretive
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Children's Bell Tower
Memorial
Whenever
the wind blows, as it often does on this
exposed coast, the bells chime, sometimes a
few at a time, emphasizing the solitude of
the surroundings, sometimes an entire
orchestra, sounding like happy children at
play. The tower was designed to be a
memorial accessible to everyone, a place
where children would feel at ease. Its
delicacy reflects both the preciousness and
fragility of young life. Many families visit
it to give thanks for their children, others
find some solace for a loss.
West of Highway One, 1.5 miles North of
Bodega Bay |
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Fort Ross State
Historic Park
Take a scenic drive up Highway One to Fort
Ross, an historic landmark and faithful
reconstruction of the Russian settlement on
California's coast. Russian fur trappers
settled here, built the stockade, and
constructed the tiny authentic Eastern
Orthodox Church that you can visit today.
Special "Living history" days recreate this
fascinating glimpse into California's past.
1:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. Closed
Thanksgiving and Christmas. Day use fee per
car, $6.
19005 Coast Highway One
Jenner, CA 95450
707-847-3286 General Information
707-847-4777 Educational Opportunities
707-847-3437 Fort Ross Interpretive
Association, museum, and bookstore
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Local Color Artist Gallery,
LLC
The gallery features original art by
established Sonoma County artists as well as
emerging talent. In addition to paintings,
fine art prints and photography, the
presentation of luminous fused glass,
decorative pottery and turned wood is
extraordinary as is the handcrafted jewelry
and hand-painted scarves. Custom framing on
the premises. Open daily from 10 to 5.
1580 Eastshore Road Bodega Bay, CA 94923
707-875-2744 |
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Marine Mammal Center
The Marine Mammal Center recognizes human
interdependence with marine mammals and
their importance as sentinels of the ocean
environment, the health of which is
essential for all life. It is our
responsibility to use our awareness,
compassion and intelligence to foster marine
mammal survival and the conservation of
their habitat. Open for public visitation 10
am - 4 pm daily except Thanksgiving,
Christmas, and New Year's Day.
415-289-7325 |
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Point Reyes
Lighthouse
The Point Reyes Lighthouse, built in 1870,
was retired from service in 1975 when the
U.S. Coast Guard installed an automated
light. They then transferred ownership of
the lighthouse to the National Park Service,
which has taken on the job of preserving
this fine specimen of our heritage. The
Point Reyes Lighthouse is located on the
western-most point of the Point Reyes
Headlands. The
Lighthouse Visitor Center is open from
10am to 4:30pm Thursday through Monday.
Here, you can see historic photographs of
shipwrecks and lighthouse-keepers, and
handle items on the touch table, including
whale baleen. A display of local birds will
introduce you to the birds you might see
just off the cliffs. A small bookstore
offers books, maps and other educational
products. To get to the lighthouse itself,
you must walk a half-mile from the parking
lot to the Visitor Center, and then down 308
steps. The stairs are open 10am to 4:30pm
Thursday through Monday. When wind speeds
exceed 40mph, the steps to the lighthouse
are closed for visitors' safety.
Seasonally, there are tours of the lantern
room and evening lighting programs. On
weekends and holidays during whale-watching
season, the road to the Lighthouse is closed
to private vehicles. Visitors must ride a
. 27999 Sir Francis Drake
Boulevard
Inverness, CA 94937 415-669-1534
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Potter
Schoolhouse
The Potter Schoolhouse is the most
recognizeable and historically significant
building in the tiny town of Bodega. Built
in 1873 of virgin redwood, the building
served both as the schoolhouse (downstairs)
and the town center, where dances and social
functions were held (upstairs). Best known
as the famous schoolhouse in the 1963 Alfred
Hitchcock classic movie "The Birds," it was
abandoned the year before Hitchcock filmed
there, and the movie is credited with saving
it from destruction. The front room - the
only one fixed up for the schoolroom scenes
- is now a gift shop and a mini-museum on
Bodega history and the making of the movie. 17110
Bodega Lane
Bodega, CA 94922 Please email
info@bodegaschool.com to request
information.
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The
Ren
Brown Collection
At the western
end of Sonoma County, the Ren Brown
Collection is a long-established and
well-respected art gallery. Opened in early
1990 and housed in a refurbished building
with shoji and a small, serene Japanese
garden, the gallery is dedicated to showing
contemporary art from both sides of the
Pacific Ocean. A major focus of the gallery
is on modern Japanese prints by living
artists, including
Toko Shinoda,
Ryohei Tanaka,
Yuji Hiratsuka,
Iwao Akiyama,
and others. Many have works included in the
collections of prominent museums, and have
been exhibited world-wide. Some of this
artwork can be found nowhere else in
northern California. The original prints are
done in traditional woodblock, as well as
more Occidental mediums, such as serigraphy,
etching, stencil, and lithography - often on
fine handmade papers. Subjects and themes
vary widely, and images are both abstract
and representational. Regional artists of
Northern California (Micah
Schwaberow,
John Chambers,
Robert Devee,
Christopher Dewees,
Noriko Hasegawa,
and others) are also featured at the Ren
Brown Collection. Works include sculpture,
watercolors, woodcuts, acrylic paintings,
serigraphs, monotypes, handmade paper,
baskets, original jewelry and ceramics. In
addition, the gallery features a varied
selection of antique Japanese furnishings -
tansu chests, step chests, trunks and more.
Visit our gardens too!
Open Wednesday through Sunday from 10am to
5pm, closed Mondays & Tuesdays 1781
North Highway One
Bodega Bay, CA 94923 (707) 875-2922
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Salmon Creek Ranch
Salmon Creek Ranch is
situated between the villages of
Bodega
and
Bodega Bay
on the glorious Sonoma coast.
We have obtained organic certification for
its pastures through the
California Certified
Organic Farmers
and are raising
Muscovy ducklings
for meat and eggs,
Kiko goats
for meat and breeding stock, and local bees
who provide us with
honey.
Salmon Creek Ranch is also the home of
Timaru Salukis
and
Rangerovers.net.
We believe that
consumers should know where their food comes
from and how it is raised. They should know
what the animals they eat have eaten; what
those animals have been exposed to and how
they have been treated. We also believe
consumers should understand the difference
in time and energy required to produce
humanely-raised animals versus mass-produced
factory farming. We are happy to offer tours
of our ranch and show you how our products
get to the table. We believe the land we
live on is a very special place and would
like to share that with you. We have
animals to see,
hiking trails and
secluded picnic spots
that you can hike to. Over a mile of Salmon
Creek runs through our ranch.Some trails are
quite steep and require you to be in good
shape. Others are flat enough for toddlers.
Some are out in the open on windy hills with
fabulous views. Others are cool and shaded
with ferns and redwoods. Dogs are welcome
but they must be on a lead. 1400 Bay Hill
Road Bodega, CA 94922 (707) 876-1808 |
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Stillwater Cove
Regional Park
This 363 acre park includes a campground
with coin operated shower facilities and
flush restrooms, and day use parking. There
is a half-mile trail leading to the historic
one-room Fort Ross Schoolhouse. The park
offers picnic facilities and a spectacular
view of the Pacific Ocean from Stillwater
Cove. The park has open meadows mixed with
coastal forest. Stillwater Cove offers ocean
access and a small beach. The cove is
popular with small boat operators, skin and
scuba divers, and is an outstanding access
for abalone divers. A launch facility is
available for people to load and off load
their boats or kayaks. A portage to the Cove
and the ocean is within a short walking
distance of the launch. The launch is open
throughout the year. No parking is available
at the cove itself. Parking is available at
Stillwater Cove Regional Park's day use
parking lot and is $6 per vehicle. 22455
North Highway One Jenner, CA 94950 707-875-3540
for information
707-565-2267 for camping reservations |
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Sonoma
County Tours
Two Bodega Bay self-guided audio tours on
CD.
707-824-1304
707-824-9648 fax |
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