Towns and the Wine Country near
Lakeview Haven RV Park
So you want to get out and stretch your legs. Plus, you haven't gone shopping in weeks and you're getting kinda hungry, and had fresh trout for dinner the past three days (as if that's a bad thing). You have several choices, depending on which way you go. Here is a map, courtesy of Maps On Us. Use your browser's BACK button to return to this page.
Southwest:
40 miles, give or take: Hopland and more of Mendocino County's Wine Country
South:
1 hour, give or take: Sonoma County Wine Country, Korbel, etc.
1 hour, give or take: Nape County Wine Country
The cluster of homes at the south end of our lake is often referred to as the Blue Lakes community. There's a restaurant across the highway from the RV Park and few other businesses including a locally owned convenience store, about two blocks from Lakeview Haven RV Park. It's an old-fashioned neighborhood where people are usually pretty quite and keep an eye out for each other.The Community Council that meets occasionally at the lodge across the street from us.
Among our favorites is a pizza shop and sports bar that has the best pizza in Lake County served up in front of a big screen satellite fed TV. On Main Street, you'll also find a zesty Mexican restaurant. The U.S. Post Office serving our Blue Lake area is in Upper Lake.
Upper Lake is the gateway to the Mendocino National Forest and the Snow Mountain wilderness area, where camping, hunting, and backpacking are among the popular activities. Fishing for trout and steelhead, boating, and swimming are enjoyed on Lake Pillsbury, beautiful mountain lake in the heart of the National Forest.
The town of Upper Lake was named for its location at the northern point of Clear Lake. The community hosts an annual Wild West Days in June and a Harvest Festival in September. Around Easter, an outdoor play recreates the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.
Residences and businesses in the Upper Lake community have preserved the area's historical flavor with wooden facades and western Early American decor.
Upper Lake's population now exceeds a whopping 2,000, and schools in the two school districts have expanded over the last few years to accommodate growth here.
Even tiny Upper Lake has a Web site. (well, sort of.)
Just outside Ukiah, one mile north of hwy. 20 on hwy. 101, is a well known steak house, called The Steak House. Beware of the all-you-can-eat salads tossed at your table, 'cause the juicy, tender steaks are humongous!
The Official Site of the City of Ukiah has a lot of information, including visitor's info, links to other city and county agencies and resources.
Ukiah.com's Web site, sponsored by local businesses, is geared toward the visitor and consumer. 
Home of the century old Thatcher Inn, Hopland is a thriving community at the entrance to Mendocino County and the picturesque Sanel Valley. Flowing through and on its way to the Pacific, and flanked by mountains to the East and West, is the pristine Russian River.Check out The Hopland Chamber of Commerce for links to an Events Calendar, highlighted local business, and more Mendocino County wineries.
Click for the The Lakeport Chamber of Commerce, boasting "Awesome summer weather, clean air, California's largest natural, fresh water lake, wide open spaces, world class water-skiing..."
Ukiah and Lakeport are on the edge of Northern California's world famous Wine Country, producing wines and cognacs as good or better than the european varieties. The wineries of Mendocino Valley are only 30 to 45 minutes away. But if you want the full experience, in about an hour you can be in the heart of the Wine Country, in either the Sonoma or Napa valley.
Take guided tours of the wineries of Robert Mondavi, Rodney Strong, Kendall-Jackson, Glenn Ellen, and Korbel Champagne, to name a few. Taste some of the spectacular wines produced by not so well known, local growers (where Mondavi and Korbel might get some of their grapes). Take a ride on the "skunk train", or spend the night in a romantic bed and breakfast overlooking the vineyards. Naturally, there are a lot of great web sites covering this area. Here are just a few:
Santa Rosa, the Heart of Sonoma County
(Gosh, all this talk about wine. I think I'll go open the Rodney Strong Old Vines Merlot that I've been saving!)
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