Skip to content
Byway
Garden · California

Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens

Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens from directly overhead

Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Cahto Peak stands 1,284 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Dahlia Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. 112 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.

Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens contains manicured formal gardens, a dense coastal pine forest, fern-covered canyons, rhododendrons, dahlias, begonias, magnolias, conifers, heathers and more.

The record

What the record says

Built
1966-05-06
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
Access
Yes
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.40833, -123.81583
Around it

112 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 24
  • Heritage Rose Collection: 0.3 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Pomo Bluffs Park: 1.2 mi
  • Noyo Headlands Park: 1.7 mi
  • Main Street Historic Commercial District: 2.5 mi
Peaks: 24
  • Noyo Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Bald Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Observatory Hill: 6.9 mi
  • McGuire Hill: 10.9 mi
  • Mathison Peak: 11.5 mi
Nature reserves: 14
  • Otis R. Johnson Wilderness Park: 2.7 mi
  • Caspar Headlands State Reserve: 3.2 mi
  • Caspar Headlands State Natural Reserve: 3.3 mi
  • Caspar Headlands State Natural Reserve: 3.3 mi
  • Caspar Headlands State Natural Reserve: 3.3 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Noyo Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Jug Handle Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Fort Bragg Landing: 2.4 mi
  • Caspar Headlands State Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Pudding Creek Beach: 3.5 mi
Museums: 9
Natural arches: 8
  • Jughandle: 2.3 mi
  • Blowhole: 5.5 mi
  • Whale Rock Arch: 10.5 mi
  • Arch of the Navarro: 15.2 mi
  • Wharf Rock West Arch: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Gardens: 4
Historic sites: 4
Artworks: 2
Attractions: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Point Cabrillo Light Station: 4.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Chamberlain Creek Waterfall: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cahto PeakNNE 33°1,284 m23.0 mi
Signal PeakNNE 32°1,241 m23.9 mi
Strong MountainNE 56°978 m19.4 mi
Sherwood PeakENE 66°977 m17.8 mi
Brush MountainNE 54°944 m20.4 mi
Two RockE 99°809 m20.0 mi
Irene PeakESE 102°802 m23.4 mi
Williams PeakESE 106°784 m22.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:28
June solstice05:4920:0620:46
September equinox07:0418:3919:14
December solstice07:3316:1316:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464748505355575757544946
Precip in7.77.36.43.61.60.70.10.10.22.34.58.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Bragg 5 N, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • California Sea Lion141 obs
  • Sea Thrift87 obs
  • Button's Banana Slug81 obs
  • Harbor Seal80 obs
  • California poppy76 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird69 obs
  • seaside daisy69 obs
  • Footsteps of spring68 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/130485659

More gardens in California

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore gardens
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens