Mendocino, California City Guide
For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's Mendocino, California Travel Guide has been your connection to Mendocino's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.
Events
 Mendocino, and its neighboring communities, invite you to dozens of major festivals and events hosted throughout the year, bringing you four seasons of wine, culinary tantalizers, nature, plenty of Heritage, the Arts, and many community seasonal celebrations. Neighboring communities include Fort Bragg, Hopland, Gualala, and Covelo each dedicated to making your stay most memorable.
Mendocino County wineries bring their unique vintages for tasting to the village shops, galleries and inns. A free trolley offers rides to participating merchants and nearby events, like the chowder tasting, whale watching walks and Mendocino County food product tasting. The Point Cabrillo Lighthouse, three miles north of Mendocino, offers activities for the whole family both Saturday and Sunday of both festivals, including games for kids, information on the shipwreck the Frolic, lighthouse history and gray whale migration. Take a walk on the Mendocino Headlands to see the whales or take a charter boat out to see them up close! The Mendocino Whale and Wine Festival take place typically in the beginning of March, annually.
The Fort Bragg Whale Festival brings regional microbreweries to town, offering their best pilsners, stouts and ales for tasting at historic Eagle's Hall. Other events include a 5K and 10K Walk and Run on the headlands, arts & crafts fair, chowder tasting, art exhibits and guided whale walks at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens and MacKerricher State Park. While in Fort Bragg, don't forget to plan a whale watching boat tour on the sea with Whale Watching Charter Boats out of Noyo Harbor. Also that weekend, the Point Cabrillo Lighthouse offers great activities for the whole family, including information on the migration of our gentle giants of the Pacific. The Fort Bragg Whale Festival takes place typically over a weekend in mid March. |
