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47-acres of manicured gardens on the Pacific Ocean bluffs, including 4 mi of trails that crisscross the grounds; the shortest route from the main entrance to the bluffs is just under 1/2 mi.
The Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens (MCBG) are located on 47 acres in Mendocino County, California, 2⁄3 mile (1.1 km) south of Fort Bragg, between California's Shoreline Highway and the Pacific Ocean. The garden property includes canyons, wetlands, coastal bluffs and a closed-cone conifer forest.
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The final home and resting place of the late legendary racehorse Seabiscuit, also host to a herd of white deer and over 200 head of cattle.
Gold Mountain Monastery
The oldest residential Buddhist community in the United States sits tucked away in a corner of the Ukiah Valley, just beyond the Gate of Three Arches. Stretching over 80 acre, it contains a university, primary and secondary schools, a vegetarian restaurant, wild white peacocks that roam freely, and the Jeweled Hall with at least 10,000 images of the Buddha lining its walls.