BEING THERE & GETTING HERE TO CYPRESS COVE AT MENDOCINO

All roads lead to Mendocino... and to Cypress Cove!

Being There & Getting Here... to CYPRESS COVE

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

Click here for
Driving DIRECTIONS and DISTANCES from MapQuest
from anywhere you are...to and from the Mendocino Coast

Just for the record, however, we are in northern California and we are on the coast. Since northern California may not be descriptive enough to some, we will try to narrow it down a bit:

Cypress Cove & Mendocino are:

150 miles north of San Francisco (3.5 hours)
285 miles west of Lake Tahoe (5 hours)
188 miles northwest of Sacramento (4 hours)
537 miles south of Portland, Oregon
440 miles south of Newport, Oregon (on the coast)
about 225 to 250 miles from the Oregon border (5 hours?)
a few thousand miles east of Tokyo (figure a day or two.. or longer if you're windsurfing) and
a couple of inches east of the Pacific Ocean (how long does it take to inch forward?)
...and Cypress Cove is just a stone's throw from Mendocino

Does that help? Just in case, we will throw in a few fancy directions to follow. Of course, we assume you are driving... about the only way to get here from there... unless you are flying in with your private plane, but more on that later. We’ve selected a few starting points which you will recognize; you can match or adjust your own starting point to what is 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):

Go North on Van Ness Ave. for 3 miles to US 101 (& across the Golden Gate Bridge)
Go Northwest on US 101 for 87 miles, through Santa Rosa to State Rte 128 (at Cloverdale)
Go Northwest on State Rte 128, through Boonville, for 52 miles to State Rte 1 (at the mouth of the Navarro River on the Mendocino Coast)
Go North on State Rte 1 for 9 miles...
...to Mendocino

From Sacramento (188 miles):

Go South on I-5 for 1 mile to I-80
Go Southwest on I-80 for 46 miles to State Rte 12 (near Cordelia)
Go West on State Rte 12 for 19 miles to State Rte 121 (Napa area)
Go Southwest on state Rte 121 for 1.5 miles to State Rte 116 (west of Napa)
Go West on State Rte 116 for 19 miles to US 101 (south of Petaluma)
Go Northwest on US 101 for 41 miles to State Rte 128 (at Cloverdale)
Go Northwest on State Rte 128, through Boonville, for 52 miles to State Rte 1 (at the mouth of the Navarro River on the Mendocino Coast)
Go North on State Rte 1 for 9 miles...
...to Mendocino

From South Lake Tahoe (286 miles):

Go West on US 50 for 97 miles to I-80 (Sacramento area)
Go Southwest on I-80 for 48 miles to State Rte 12 (near Cordelia)
Go West on State Rte 12 for 19 miles to State Rte 121 (Napa area)
Go Southwest on State Rte 121 for 1.5 miles to State Rte 116 (west of Napa)
Go West on State Rte 116 for 19 miles to US 101 (south of Petaluma)
Go Northwest on US 101 for 41 miles to State Rte 128 (at Cloverdale)
Go Northwest on State Rte 128, through Boonville, for 52 miles to State Rte 1 (at the mouth of the Navarro River on the Mendocino Coast)
Go North on State Rte 1 for 9 miles...
...to Mendocino

From Portland, Oregon (537 miles):

Go South on I-5 for 242 miles to State Rte 99
Go South on State Rte 99 for 4 miles to US 199
Go Southwest on US 199 for 43 miles (to the California Border)
Continue to go Southwest on US 199 for 36 miles to US 101 (north of Crescent City)
Go South on US 101 for 166 miles to State Rte 1 (at Leggett)
Go South on State Rte 1 for 45 miles...
...to Mendocino

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 Cypress Cove:

Check out the MAP

From the center of Mendocino, go East on Main Street for 4 blocks to State Rte 1
Go South on State Rte 1, (across Big River Bridge) and...
...pass by 2 scenic turnout areas, (continue beyond the last one about 3/10ths mile), to Chapman Drive (total, about 1.3 miles).
Turn West and then, immediately after the turn -- where the road divides -- turn again onto the north or right drive & continue to the second driveway (45200 Chapman Drive) (2/10ths mile)
...to Cypress Cove. From there, you've gotten to here!

Ahhhh... Bliss!

Being There...and FLYING Here
Sorry, there is no scheduled commercial air service to the Mendocino Coast, but there is on-demand charter service available at the Little River Airport and, of course, it 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.
Coast Flyers (707-937-1224) is licensed by the FAA to operate out of Little River Airport. Weather permitting, their Cessna 172's can pick up passengers at any airport. Charter arrangements can be made at many other area airports with a variety of operators available, flying aircraft ranging from four-place, single-engine to jets that carry as many as 12 or more passengers.
DETAILS: (CHECK THE AIRPORT FOR CHANGES)

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 - Texaco
Pilot supplies available
Alternates: Boonville, Ukiah, Willits (& car-rental pickup available)

Charter Service and Car Rental: Coast Flyers at 707-937-1224

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