One third of California is north of San Francisco, and although the gems in this area rarely get the credit of their more southern counterparts, they might be the biggest treasures that state has to offer. Here are 17 of them…
1. Stunning Views Framed by Flowers
Hearn Gulch Coast Access Point, Northern California
2. Good Places to Siesta
Salt Point State Park, Northern California
Salt Point State Park, Northern California
3. Small Town Adorableness
Mendocino, California
Tiburon, California
Griffin Inn, Elk California, We didn’t stay here but it sure is cute!
4. Food Made with Loads of Love
Breakfast served right to your bedroom door – Sea Gull Inn, Mendocino, California
5. Seals!
Seals, Point Arena, Northern California
Seals, Point Arena, Northern California
6. Trees of the Very Big, Very Tall Variety
Redwoods off of Highway 128, Northern California
7. Trees of the Same Very Big, Very Tall Variety that People Prefer as Furniture Instead of Forests
Cut Down Redwoods
8. Views that Defy Reality at Every Turn
Hearn Gulch Coastal Access, Northern California
View from Area Near Cuffy’s Cove Community Cemetery, Northern California
9. See Cemetery’s From Way Back When
Cuffy’s Cove Community Cemetery (Where Tombstones Teach You they Used to Measure Life in the Number of Years, Months and Days Lived)
10. Fish Off Cliffs
Fisherman, Hearn Gulch Coastal Access
11. Fly a Kite
Kite Flying, Point Arena, California
12. See People Voluntarily (and Feverishly) Scrounging for Garbage / Ruining Something Cool
Glass Beach, Fort Bragg, California. Formerly a beach covered in sea glass but lack of controls and people who feel the need to take it have left the beach practically glass-less. 🙁
13. Hotels and Views
Surf Inn, Gualala California (We Did Stay Here, Reasonable Price, Fun Place)
14. Wacky Rocks
Stump Beach, Northern California
15. See Sea “Life”
Whale Carcass (?) Jughandle State Park, Northern California
16. Locals with a Sense of Humor
Frankie’s (Mendocino, California A Blackboard on the Questions Customers Ask
Pattersons, Mendocino, California
17. Love and Fun
Linda and David
Linda and David
If you go, don’t leave home without the book that helped us plan and navigate our entire trip, Lonely Planet California.
