All roads lead to Mendocino... and to MENDOCINO Preferred!
Being There & Getting Here...
...to MENDOCINO PREFERRED Vacation Home Rentals


For most of our rentals, you will need to pick up a key at the Sea Cottage Real Estate office in Mendocino (at the corner of Lansing & Ukiah Streets).
Directions to find the office can be found at Key Pickup.

For the rentals at Cypress Cove and The Hayloft, click below:

... from Mendocino to:
"The Hayloft"
"Pacifica" and "Cove" at Cypress Cove


If you already know your way to Mendocino and the Coast, you can skip all the stuff below.

Of course, some people will need a little more help than others.
Being there... wherever you are... and getting here is easy. Really!

Click here for
Driving DIRECTIONS and DISTANCES
from wherever you are to the Mendocino Coast

provided by MapQuest


ROAD CONDITIONS:
You may check road conditions in California
on this Caltrans website or call 800-427-7623
Just enter your route number


Just for the record, however, we are in northern California and we're on the coast. Simple? Yes, but since northern California may not be descriptive enough to some, we will try to narrow it down a bit:

Mendocino and Mendocino Preferred Vacation Rental Homes are:

Does that help? Just in case, we will throw in a few fancy directions to follow. Of course, we assume you will be driving...about the only way to get here from there... unless you fly in with your private plane, but more on that later. We have selected a few starting points which you may recognize; you can match or adjust your own starting point to those given here. Or... to find the distance from any point to the Mendocino Coast (or from anywhere to anywhere), take a look at a terrific website called "How Far Is It", developed by Darrell Kindred. Keep in mind that the distances are in miles AS THE CROW FLIES.

As Roy and Dale were fond of saying, "Happy Trails"!


Smart travelers check road conditions, especially in winter and stormy weather. It doesn't happen often, but roads are sometimes closed, detours are in effect and/or there are delays because of construction or repair. Those same smart travelers call the California Transportation Department
(CALTRANS)for current road conditions throughout the state.
Call 800-427-7623 for the Highway Information Network
punch in the highway route number(s) you'll be traveling, followed by the pound sign (#).


Destination: Mendocino

From San Francisco (150 miles):

From Sacramento (188 miles):

From South Lake Tahoe (286 miles):

From Portland, Oregon (537 miles):

From Newport, Oregon (on the coast) 440 miles):

  • Go South on US 101 for 213 miles (to the California border)
  • Continue to go South on US 101 for 182 miles to State Rte 1 (at Leggett)
  • Go South on State Rte 1 for 45 miles...
  • ...to Mendocino

Now the hard part... from Mendocino to the several Mendocino Preferred Vacation Home Rentals. Click below for directions...

... from Mendocino to:

"The Hayloft"
"Pacifica" and "Cove" at Cypress Cove

Ahhhh... Bliss!



Being There...and FLYING Here

Sorry, there is no scheduled commercial air service to the Mendocino Coast, but Little River Airport - a County airport - is available to private planes. The airport, at Little River, is located about 5 miles from Mendocino and boasts a long runway, accessible for jets.

DETAILS: (CHECK THE AIRPORT FOR CHANGES - PHONE 707-937-5129)

  • Elevation: 572 ft.
  • Runway 29 & 11 - Left traffic
  • Runway length: 5,250 ft.; width: 150 ft.
  • Runway Lighted
  • All visual - no instrument approach
  • 283 degrees, 26 miles out from the Mendocino VOR, frequency 112.3
  • Traffic advisories - 122.7
  • Airport office closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays and some holidays (such as Thanksgiving and Christmas).
  • Available fuel: 100LL, low-lead - self-serve card-lock
  • Alternates: Boonville, Ukiah, Willits (& car-rental pickup available)
  • Car Rental - Enterprise Rent-A-Car - 800-736-8222 - 707-964-4300 - Meet & pickup, 9:30A to 3:30P
  • FAA Information - AirNAV.com
  • Little River Airport Pilot's Association website



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